#DDCC55#DDCC55

#DDCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC55
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -8.19, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 60.33, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0271 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0534, 59.2159, 17.2278)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC55 #5566DD

analogous

#DD8855 #DDCC55 #AADD55

triadic

#DDCC55 #55DDCC #CC55DD

tetradic

#DDCC55 #55DD88 #5566DD #DD55AA

square

#DDCC55 #55DD88 #5566DD #DD55AA

split-complementary

#DDCC55 #55AADD #8855DD

monochromatic

#998A1F #CCB829 #DDCC55 #E7DB88 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#DDCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC55

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC55	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8a',
    500: '#ddcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc55;
$custom-light: #ebdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83694,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC55

secondary

#39469D

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC55

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

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