#DDD553#DDD553

#DDD553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.149 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD553
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -12.86, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 64.44, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0406 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.149 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1763, 63.5871, 17.5490)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD553 #535BDD

analogous

#DD9053 #DDD553 #A0DD53

triadic

#DDD553 #53DDD5 #D553DD

tetradic

#DDD553 #53DD90 #535BDD #DD53A0

square

#DDD553 #53DD90 #535BDD #DD53A0

split-complementary

#DDD553 #53A0DD #9053DD

monochromatic

#98911E #CBC128 #DDD553 #E7E186 #F1EEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DDD553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD553

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD553	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.149 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe189',
    500: '#ddd553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd553;
$custom-light: #ebe189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85549,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD553

secondary

#383E9C

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD553

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

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