#DDCC56#DDCC56

#DDCC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC56
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -8.12, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 59.90, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0268 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.139 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0934, 59.2319, 17.4385)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC56 #5667DD

analogous

#DD8856 #DDCC56 #ABDD56

triadic

#DDCC56 #56DDCC #CC56DD

tetradic

#DDCC56 #56DD88 #5667DD #DD56AB

square

#DDCC56 #56DD88 #5667DD #DD56AB

split-complementary

#DDCC56 #56ABDD #8856DD

monochromatic

#9A8A1F #CDB829 #DDCC56 #E7DB89 #F2EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DDCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC56

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC56	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8a',
    500: '#ddcc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc56;
$custom-light: #ebdb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83704,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC56

secondary

#3A469E

accent

#2ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC56

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

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