#DDD254#DDD254

#DDD254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD254
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 62%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -11.29, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 62.91, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.036 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4676, 62.1074, 17.5046)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD254 #545FDD

analogous

#DD8D54 #DDD254 #A4DD54

triadic

#DDD254 #54DDD2 #D254DD

tetradic

#DDD254 #54DD8D #545FDD #DD54A4

square

#DDD254 #54DD8D #545FDD #DD54A4

split-complementary

#DDD254 #54A4DD #8D54DD

monochromatic

#988F1E #CBBE28 #DDD254 #E7DF87 #F1EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DDD254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD254

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD254	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	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)

#E3CB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf89',
    500: '#ddd254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd254;
$custom-light: #ebdf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 66.829,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84931,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD254

secondary

#39419C

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD254

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

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