#DDCE55#DDCE55

#DDCE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.141 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE55
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -9.21, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 61.04, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.03 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.141 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5318, 60.1727, 17.3873)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE55 #5564DD

analogous

#DD8A55 #DDCE55 #A8DD55

triadic

#DDCE55 #55DDCE #CE55DD

tetradic

#DDCE55 #55DD8A #5564DD #DD55A8

square

#DDCE55 #55DD8A #5564DD #DD55A8

split-complementary

#DDCE55 #55A8DD #8A55DD

monochromatic

#998B1F #CCBA29 #DDCE55 #E7DD88 #F1EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#DDCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE55

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE55	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.141 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8a',
    500: '#ddce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce55;
$custom-light: #ebdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84108,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE55

secondary

#39449D

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE55

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

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