#DDCE56#DDCE56

#DDCE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDCE56
RGBrgb(221, 206, 86)
HSLhsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSVhsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.94, -9.14, 59.92)
CIE-LCHlch(81.94, 60.61, 98.67°)
OKLaboklab(84.12% -0.0297 0.1372)
OKLCHoklch(84.12% 0.14 102.2)
XYZxyz(53.5718, 60.1887, 17.5980)
Luminance0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDCE56 #5665DD
analogous
#DD8A56 #DDCE56 #A9DD56
triadic
#DDCE56 #56DDCE #CE56DD
tetradic
#DDCE56 #56DD8A #5665DD #DD56A9
square
#DDCE56 #56DD8A #5665DD #DD56A9
split-complementary
#DDCE56 #56A9DD #8A56DD
monochromatic
#9A8C1F #CDBA29 #DDCE56 #E7DD89 #F2ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61
#DDCE56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04
#DDCE56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE56
13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDCE56#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDCE561.001.6113.0413.04
#FFFFFF1.611.0021.0021.00
#00000013.0421.001.001.00
##00000013.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC848
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CF5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EDC1B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.140 102.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8a',
    500: '#ddce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddce56;
$custom-light: #ebdc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84118,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDCE56
secondary
#3A459E
accent
#2BCE17
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#DDCE56 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva