#DDD56C#DDD56C

#DDD56C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.128 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD56C
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -11.02, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 53.44, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0326 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.128 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3214, 64.0451, 23.5796)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD56C #6C74DD

analogous

#DD9D6C #DDD56C #ADDD6C

triadic

#DDD56C #6CDDD5 #D56CDD

tetradic

#DDD56C #6CDD9D #6C74DD #DD6CAD

square

#DDD56C #6CDD9D #6C74DD #DD6CAD

split-complementary

#DDD56C #6CADDD #9D6CDD

monochromatic

#A89F27 #D2C73A #DDD56C #E8E39E #F4F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD56C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DDD56C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD56C

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD56C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD56C	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.128 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae199',
    500: '#ddd56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd56c;
$custom-light: #eae199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85816,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD56C

secondary

#434AAA

accent

#28CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD56C

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

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