#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
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -9.14, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 60.61, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0297 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5718, 60.1887, 17.5980)
Luminance	0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##DDCE56	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #DDCE56

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

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