#DDCF55#DDCF55

#DDCF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.142 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCF55
RGB	rgb(221, 207, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -9.71, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 61.40, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0314 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.142 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7733, 60.6557, 17.4678)
Luminance	0.6065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCF55 #5563DD

analogous

#DD8B55 #DDCF55 #A7DD55

triadic

#DDCF55 #55DDCF #CF55DD

tetradic

#DDCF55 #55DD8B #5563DD #DD55A7

square

#DDCF55 #55DD8B #5563DD #DD55A7

split-complementary

#DDCF55 #55A7DD #8B55DD

monochromatic

#998C1F #CCBB29 #DDCF55 #E7DD88 #F1ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#DDCF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCF55

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCF55	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 207, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.142 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdd8a',
    500: '#ddcf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcf55;
$custom-light: #ebdd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84316,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCF55

secondary

#39439D

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCF55

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

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