#DDCF56#DDCF56

#DDCF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCF56
RGB	rgb(221, 207, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -9.65, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 60.97, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0311 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.141 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8133, 60.6717, 17.6785)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCF56 #5664DD

analogous

#DD8C56 #DDCF56 #A7DD56

triadic

#DDCF56 #56DDCF #CF56DD

tetradic

#DDCF56 #56DD8C #5664DD #DD56A7

square

#DDCF56 #56DD8C #5664DD #DD56A7

split-complementary

#DDCF56 #56A7DD #8C56DD

monochromatic

#9A8D1F #CDBC29 #DDCF56 #E7DD89 #F2ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#DDCF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCF56

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCF56	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)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 207, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.141 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdd8a',
    500: '#ddcf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcf56;
$custom-light: #ebdd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84326,
    "c": 0.14122,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCF56

secondary

#3A449E

accent

#2ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCF56

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

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