#DDD056#DDD056

#DDD056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.142 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD056
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -10.15, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 61.34, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0326 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.142 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0564, 61.1578, 17.7595)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD056 #5663DD

analogous

#DD8C56 #DDD056 #A7DD56

triadic

#DDD056 #56DDD0 #D056DD

tetradic

#DDD056 #56DD8C #5663DD #DD56A7

square

#DDD056 #56DD8C #5663DD #DD56A7

split-complementary

#DDD056 #56A7DD #8C56DD

monochromatic

#9A8E1F #CDBD29 #DDD056 #E7DE89 #F2ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#DDD056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD056

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD056	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)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.142 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8a',
    500: '#ddd056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd056;
$custom-light: #ebde8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84533,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD056

secondary

#3A439E

accent

#29CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD056

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

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