#DDD258#DDD258

#DDD258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD258
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -11.03, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 61.22, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0348 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6288, 62.1719, 18.3534)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD258 #5863DD

analogous

#DD9058 #DDD258 #A5DD58

triadic

#DDD258 #58DDD2 #D258DD

tetradic

#DDD258 #58DD90 #5863DD #DD58A5

square

#DDD258 #58DD90 #5863DD #DD58A5

split-complementary

#DDD258 #58A5DD #9058DD

monochromatic

#9B9120 #CEC02A #DDD258 #E7E08B #F2EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DDD258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD258

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD258	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)

#E3CB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf8c',
    500: '#ddd258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd258;
$custom-light: #eadf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84969,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD258

secondary

#3A439F

accent

#27CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD258

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

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