#DDD155#DDD155

#DDD155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD155
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -10.72, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 62.12, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0343 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2609, 61.6310, 17.6303)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD155 #5561DD

analogous

#DD8D55 #DDD155 #A5DD55

triadic

#DDD155 #55DDD1 #D155DD

tetradic

#DDD155 #55DD8D #5561DD #DD55A5

square

#DDD155 #55DD8D #5561DD #DD55A5

split-complementary

#DDD155 #55A5DD #8D55DD

monochromatic

#998E1F #CCBE29 #DDD155 #E7DF88 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDD155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DDD155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD155

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD155	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8a',
    500: '#ddd155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd155;
$custom-light: #ebde8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84732,
    "c": 0.14386,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD155

secondary

#39429D

accent

#4DEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD155

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

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