#DDD253#DDD253

#DDD253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.146 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD253
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -11.35, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 63.33, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0363 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.146 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4287, 62.0918, 17.2998)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD253 #535EDD

analogous

#DD8D53 #DDD253 #A3DD53

triadic

#DDD253 #53DDD2 #D253DD

tetradic

#DDD253 #53DD8D #535EDD #DD53A3

square

#DDD253 #53DD8D #535EDD #DD53A3

split-complementary

#DDD253 #53A3DD #8D53DD

monochromatic

#988E1E #CBBE28 #DDD253 #E7DF86 #F1EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DDD253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD253

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD253	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.146 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf89',
    500: '#ddd253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd253;
$custom-light: #ebdf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84922,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD253

secondary

#38409C

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD253

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

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