#DDD565#DDD565

#DDD565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.134 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD565
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -11.59, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 56.65, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.035 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.134 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9637, 63.9020, 21.6958)
Luminance	0.6390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD565 #656DDD

analogous

#DD9965 #DDD565 #A9DD65

triadic

#DDD565 #65DDD5 #D565DD

tetradic

#DDD565 #65DD99 #656DDD #DD65A9

square

#DDD565 #65DD99 #656DDD #DD65A9

split-complementary

#DDD565 #65A9DD #9965DD

monochromatic

#A49B24 #D2C733 #DDD565 #E8E397 #F3F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DDD565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD565

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD565	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.134 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae194',
    500: '#ddd565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd565;
$custom-light: #eae194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85732,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD565

secondary

#4047A7

accent

#26CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD565

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

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