#DDC856#DDC856

#DDC856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC856
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -6.08, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 58.53, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0209 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1549, 57.3549, 17.1257)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC856 #566BDD

analogous

#DD8556 #DDC856 #AEDD56

triadic

#DDC856 #56DDC8 #C856DD

tetradic

#DDC856 #56DD85 #566BDD #DD56AE

square

#DDC856 #56DD85 #566BDD #DD56AE

split-complementary

#DDC856 #56AEDD #8556DD

monochromatic

#9A871F #CDB329 #DDC856 #E7D989 #F2E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DDC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC856

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC856	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88a',
    500: '#ddc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc856;
$custom-light: #ebd88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82879,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC856

secondary

#3A499E

accent

#34CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC856

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

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