#DDD550#DDD550

#DDD550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.151 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD550
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -13.04, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 65.66, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0414 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.151 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.0630, 63.5417, 16.9522)
Luminance	0.6354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD550 #5058DD

analogous

#DD8F50 #DDD550 #9FDD50

triadic

#DDD550 #50DDD5 #D550DD

tetradic

#DDD550 #50DD8F #5058DD #DD509F

square

#DDD550 #50DD8F #5058DD #DD509F

split-complementary

#DDD550 #509FDD #8F50DD

monochromatic

#968F1D #C9C027 #DDD550 #E7E183 #F1EEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DDD550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD550

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD550	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.151 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe187',
    500: '#ddd550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd550;
$custom-light: #ebe187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 67.464,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85522,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD550

secondary

#373D9A

accent

#47EA3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD550

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

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