#DDD356#DDD356

#DDD356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD356
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -11.66, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 62.44, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0369 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7947, 62.6345, 18.0056)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD356 #5660DD

analogous

#DD9056 #DDD356 #A3DD56

triadic

#DDD356 #56DDD3 #D356DD

tetradic

#DDD356 #56DD90 #5660DD #DD56A3

square

#DDD356 #56DD90 #5660DD #DD56A3

split-complementary

#DDD356 #56A3DD #9056DD

monochromatic

#9A911F #CDC129 #DDD356 #E7E089 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DDD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD356

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD356	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe08b',
    500: '#ddd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd356;
$custom-light: #ebe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85158,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD356

secondary

#3A419E

accent

#25CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD356

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

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