#DDD56A#DDD56A

#DDD56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD56A
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.97, -11.19, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.97, 54.37, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0333 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2161, 64.0030, 23.0254)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD56A #6A72DD

analogous

#DD9C6A #DDD56A #ACDD6A

triadic

#DDD56A #6ADDD5 #D56ADD

tetradic

#DDD56A #6ADD9C #6A72DD #DD6AAC

square

#DDD56A #6ADD9C #6A72DD #DD6AAC

split-complementary

#DDD56A #6AACDD #9C6ADD

monochromatic

#A79E26 #D2C738 #DDD56A #E8E39C #F4F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DDD56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD56A

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD56A	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae197',
    500: '#ddd56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd56a;
$custom-light: #eae197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85791,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD56A

secondary

#4249A9

accent

#27CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD56A

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

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