#DDCD56#DDCD56

#DDCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD56
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -8.63, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 60.26, 98.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0282 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3319, 59.7088, 17.5180)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD56 #5666DD

analogous

#DD8A56 #DDCD56 #A9DD56

triadic

#DDCD56 #56DDCD #CD56DD

tetradic

#DDCD56 #56DD8A #5666DD #DD56A9

square

#DDCD56 #56DD8A #5666DD #DD56A9

split-complementary

#DDCD56 #56A9DD #8A56DD

monochromatic

#9A8B1F #CDB929 #DDCD56 #E7DC89 #F2EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DDCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD56

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD56	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)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8a',
    500: '#ddcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd56;
$custom-light: #ebdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83911,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD56

secondary

#3A459E

accent

#2DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD56

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

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