#DDD55E#DDD55E

#DDD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD55E
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -12.12, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 59.77, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0373 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6352, 63.7706, 19.9658)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD55E #5E66DD

analogous

#DD955E #DDD55E #A6DD5E

triadic

#DDD55E #5EDDD5 #D55EDD

tetradic

#DDD55E #5EDD95 #5E66DD #DD5EA6

square

#DDD55E #5EDD95 #5E66DD #DD5EA6

split-complementary

#DDD55E #5EA6DD #955EDD

monochromatic

#9F9722 #D2C72C #DDD55E #E8E291 #F2EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DDD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD55E

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD55E	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)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae190',
    500: '#ddd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd55e;
$custom-light: #eae190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 65.128,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85656,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD55E

secondary

#3D43A2

accent

#24CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD55E

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

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