#DDD055#DDD055

#DDD055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD055
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.45, -10.22, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.45, 61.76, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0329 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.0164, 61.1418, 17.5488)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD055 #5562DD

analogous

#DD8C55 #DDD055 #A6DD55

triadic

#DDD055 #55DDD0 #D055DD

tetradic

#DDD055 #55DD8C #5562DD #DD55A6

square

#DDD055 #55DD8C #5562DD #DD55A6

split-complementary

#DDD055 #55A6DD #8C55DD

monochromatic

#998D1F #CCBC29 #DDD055 #E7DE88 #F1ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#DDD055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD055

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD055	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8a',
    500: '#ddd055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd055;
$custom-light: #ebde8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84524,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD055

secondary

#39439D

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD055

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

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