#DDD355#DDD355

#DDD355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD355
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -11.73, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 62.86, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0372 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7547, 62.6185, 17.7949)
Luminance	0.6262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD355 #555FDD

analogous

#DD8F55 #DDD355 #A3DD55

triadic

#DDD355 #55DDD3 #D355DD

tetradic

#DDD355 #55DD8F #555FDD #DD55A3

square

#DDD355 #55DD8F #555FDD #DD55A3

split-complementary

#DDD355 #55A3DD #8F55DD

monochromatic

#99901F #CCC029 #DDD355 #E7E088 #F1EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#DDD355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD355

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD355	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe08a',
    500: '#ddd355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd355;
$custom-light: #ebe08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85149,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD355

secondary

#39409D

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD355

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

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