#DDD55F#DDD55F

#DDD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.139 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD55F
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -12.04, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 59.33, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.037 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.139 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6804, 63.7887, 20.2037)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD55F #5F67DD

analogous

#DD965F #DDD55F #A6DD5F

triadic

#DDD55F #5FDDD5 #D55FDD

tetradic

#DDD55F #5FDD96 #5F67DD #DD5FA6

square

#DDD55F #5FDD96 #5F67DD #DD5FA6

split-complementary

#DDD55F #5FA6DD #965FDD

monochromatic

#A09822 #D2C82D #DDD55F #E8E291 #F2EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DDD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD55F

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD55F	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.139 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae190',
    500: '#ddd55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd55f;
$custom-light: #eae190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85666,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD55F

secondary

#3D44A3

accent

#24CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD55F

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

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