#DDD563#DDD563

#DDD563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.136 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD563
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 99)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -11.75, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 57.55, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0357 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.136 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.8669, 63.8633, 21.1859)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD563 #636BDD

analogous

#DD9863 #DDD563 #A8DD63

triadic

#DDD563 #63DDD5 #D563DD

tetradic

#DDD563 #63DD98 #636BDD #DD63A8

square

#DDD563 #63DD98 #636BDD #DD63A8

split-complementary

#DDD563 #63A8DD #9863DD

monochromatic

#A29A23 #D2C731 #DDD563 #E8E395 #F3F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DDD563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD563

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD563	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.136 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae193',
    500: '#ddd563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd563;
$custom-light: #eae193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8571,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD563

secondary

#3F46A5

accent

#25CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD563

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

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