#DDD55D#DDD55D

#DDD55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD55D
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -12.19, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 60.20, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0376 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.141 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5906, 63.7528, 19.7310)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD55D #5D65DD

analogous

#DD955D #DDD55D #A5DD5D

triadic

#DDD55D #5DDDD5 #D55DDD

tetradic

#DDD55D #5DDD95 #5D65DD #DD5DA5

square

#DDD55D #5DDD95 #5D65DD #DD5DA5

split-complementary

#DDD55D #5DA5DD #955DDD

monochromatic

#9E9721 #D1C72C #DDD55D #E8E290 #F2EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DDD55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD55D

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD55D	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18f',
    500: '#ddd55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd55d;
$custom-light: #eae18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85646,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD55D

secondary

#3C43A2

accent

#24CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD55D

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

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