#DDD556#DDD556

#DDD556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.147 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD556
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -12.67, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 63.19, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0397 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.147 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2947, 63.6344, 18.1723)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD556 #565EDD

analogous

#DD9156 #DDD556 #A2DD56

triadic

#DDD556 #56DDD5 #D556DD

tetradic

#DDD556 #56DD91 #565EDD #DD56A2

square

#DDD556 #56DD91 #565EDD #DD56A2

split-complementary

#DDD556 #56A2DD #9156DD

monochromatic

#9A921F #CDC329 #DDD556 #E7E289 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DDD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD556

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD556	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.147 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18b',
    500: '#ddd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd556;
$custom-light: #ebe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85576,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD556

secondary

#3A3F9E

accent

#22CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD556

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

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