#DDD56E#DDD56E

#DDD56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.126 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD56E
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -10.85, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 52.51, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0319 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.126 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4290, 64.0881, 24.1466)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD56E #6E76DD

analogous

#DD9E6E #DDD56E #ADDD6E

triadic

#DDD56E #6EDDD5 #D56EDD

tetradic

#DDD56E #6EDD9E #6E76DD #DD6EAD

square

#DDD56E #6EDD9E #6E76DD #DD6EAD

split-complementary

#DDD56E #6EADDD #9E6EDD

monochromatic

#A9A028 #D1C73C #DDD56E #E9E3A0 #F4F2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DDD56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD56E

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD56E	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.126 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae19a',
    500: '#ddd56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd56e;
$custom-light: #eae19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85841,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD56E

secondary

#444BAC

accent

#28CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD56E

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

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