#DDD56D#DDD56D

#DDD56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.127 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD56D
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -10.94, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 52.98, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0323 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.127 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3749, 64.0665, 23.8615)
Luminance	0.6407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD56D #6D75DD

analogous

#DD9D6D #DDD56D #ADDD6D

triadic

#DDD56D #6DDDD5 #D56DDD

tetradic

#DDD56D #6DDD9D #6D75DD #DD6DAD

square

#DDD56D #6DDD9D #6D75DD #DD6DAD

split-complementary

#DDD56D #6DADDD #9D6DDD

monochromatic

#A89F27 #D1C73B #DDD56D #E9E39F #F4F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DDD56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD56D

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD56D	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)

#E4CF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.127 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae199',
    500: '#ddd56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd56d;
$custom-light: #eae199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85828,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD56D

secondary

#434BAB

accent

#28CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD56D

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

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