#DDD255#DDD255

#DDD255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.145 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD255
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -11.23, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 62.49, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0357 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.145 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5070, 62.1232, 17.7124)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD255 #5560DD

analogous

#DD8E55 #DDD255 #A4DD55

triadic

#DDD255 #55DDD2 #D255DD

tetradic

#DDD255 #55DD8E #5560DD #DD55A4

square

#DDD255 #55DD8E #5560DD #DD55A4

split-complementary

#DDD255 #55A4DD #8E55DD

monochromatic

#998F1F #CCBF29 #DDD255 #E7E088 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#DDD255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD255

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD255	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)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.145 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8a',
    500: '#ddd255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd255;
$custom-light: #ebdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8494,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD255

secondary

#39419D

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD255

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

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