#DDC956#DDC956

#DDC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC956
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -6.59, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 58.87, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0224 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3873, 57.8196, 17.2031)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC956 #566ADD

analogous

#DD8556 #DDC956 #ADDD56

triadic

#DDC956 #56DDC9 #C956DD

tetradic

#DDC956 #56DD85 #566ADD #DD56AD

square

#DDC956 #56DD85 #566ADD #DD56AD

split-complementary

#DDC956 #56ADDD #8556DD

monochromatic

#9A871F #CDB429 #DDC956 #E7D989 #F2EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#DDC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC956

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC956	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98a',
    500: '#ddc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc956;
$custom-light: #ebd98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83085,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC956

secondary

#3A489E

accent

#32CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC956

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

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