#DDD555#DDD555

#DDD555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.148 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD555
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -12.73, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 63.61, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.04 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2547, 63.6184, 17.9616)
Luminance	0.6362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD555 #555DDD

analogous

#DD9155 #DDD555 #A1DD55

triadic

#DDD555 #55DDD5 #D555DD

tetradic

#DDD555 #55DD91 #555DDD #DD55A1

square

#DDD555 #55DD91 #555DDD #DD55A1

split-complementary

#DDD555 #55A1DD #9155DD

monochromatic

#99921F #CCC229 #DDD555 #E7E288 #F1EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DDD555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD555

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD555	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)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.148 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18a',
    500: '#ddd555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd555;
$custom-light: #ebe18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85567,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD555

secondary

#393F9D

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD555

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

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