#DDD256#DDD256

#DDD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD256
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -11.16, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 62.07, 100.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0354 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.144 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5471, 62.1392, 17.9231)
Luminance	0.6214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD256 #5661DD

analogous

#DD8E56 #DDD256 #A4DD56

triadic

#DDD256 #56DDD2 #D256DD

tetradic

#DDD256 #56DD8E #5661DD #DD56A4

square

#DDD256 #56DD8E #5661DD #DD56A4

split-complementary

#DDD256 #56A4DD #8E56DD

monochromatic

#9A901F #CDBF29 #DDD256 #E7E089 #F2EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DDD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD256

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD256	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8b',
    500: '#ddd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd256;
$custom-light: #ebdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8495,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD256

secondary

#3A429E

accent

#26CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD256

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

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