#DDD456#DDD456

#DDD456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.146 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD456
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -12.16, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 62.82, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0383 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0439, 63.1329, 18.0887)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD456 #565FDD

analogous

#DD9056 #DDD456 #A2DD56

triadic

#DDD456 #56DDD4 #D456DD

tetradic

#DDD456 #56DD90 #565FDD #DD56A2

square

#DDD456 #56DD90 #565FDD #DD56A2

split-complementary

#DDD456 #56A2DD #9056DD

monochromatic

#9A911F #CDC229 #DDD456 #E7E189 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DDD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD456

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD456	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18b',
    500: '#ddd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd456;
$custom-light: #ebe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85367,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD456

secondary

#3A409E

accent

#23CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD456

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

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