#DDD55A#DDD55A

#DDD55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.144 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD55A
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -12.40, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 61.50, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0385 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.144 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4604, 63.7007, 19.0449)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD55A #5A62DD

analogous

#DD935A #DDD55A #A3DD5A

triadic

#DDD55A #5ADDD5 #D55ADD

tetradic

#DDD55A #5ADD93 #5A62DD #DD5AA3

square

#DDD55A #5ADD93 #5A62DD #DD5AA3

split-complementary

#DDD55A #5AA3DD #935ADD

monochromatic

#9C9520 #CFC52B #DDD55A #E7E28D #F2EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DDD55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD55A

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD55A	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.144 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#ddd55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd55a;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85615,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD55A

secondary

#3B41A0

accent

#23CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD55A

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

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