#DDD55B#DDD55B

#DDD55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.143 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD55B
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -12.33, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 61.07, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0382 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.143 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5032, 63.7178, 19.2706)
Luminance	0.6372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD55B #5B63DD

analogous

#DD945B #DDD55B #A4DD5B

triadic

#DDD55B #5BDDD5 #D55BDD

tetradic

#DDD55B #5BDD94 #5B63DD #DD5BA4

square

#DDD55B #5BDD94 #5B63DD #DD5BA4

split-complementary

#DDD55B #5BA4DD #945BDD

monochromatic

#9D9521 #D0C62B #DDD55B #E8E28E #F2EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DDD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD55B

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD55B	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)

#E6CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.143 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18e',
    500: '#ddd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd55b;
$custom-light: #eae18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85625,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD55B

secondary

#3B42A1

accent

#23CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD55B

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

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