#DDC855#DDC855

#DDC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC855
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -6.15, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 58.96, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0212 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.1149, 57.3389, 16.9150)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC855 #556ADD

analogous

#DD8455 #DDC855 #AEDD55

triadic

#DDC855 #55DDC8 #C855DD

tetradic

#DDC855 #55DD84 #556ADD #DD55AE

square

#DDC855 #55DD84 #556ADD #DD55AE

split-complementary

#DDC855 #55AEDD #8455DD

monochromatic

#99861F #CCB329 #DDC855 #E7D888 #F1E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DDC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC855

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC855	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd889',
    500: '#ddc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc855;
$custom-light: #ebd889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82869,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC855

secondary

#39499D

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC855

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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