#DDCD55#DDCD55

#DDCD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD55
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -8.70, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 60.69, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0285 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2919, 59.6928, 17.3073)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD55 #5565DD

analogous

#DD8955 #DDCD55 #A9DD55

triadic

#DDCD55 #55DDCD #CD55DD

tetradic

#DDCD55 #55DD89 #5565DD #DD55A9

square

#DDCD55 #55DD89 #5565DD #DD55A9

split-complementary

#DDCD55 #55A9DD #8955DD

monochromatic

#998B1F #CCB929 #DDCD55 #E7DC88 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DDCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD55

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD55	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8a',
    500: '#ddcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd55;
$custom-light: #ebdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83901,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD55

secondary

#39459D

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD55

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

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