#DDD655#DDD655

#DDD655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.149 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD655
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -13.23, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 63.99, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0414 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.149 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5070, 64.1230, 18.0457)
Luminance	0.6412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD655 #555CDD

analogous

#DD9255 #DDD655 #A0DD55

triadic

#DDD655 #55DDD6 #D655DD

tetradic

#DDD655 #55DD92 #555CDD #DD55A0

square

#DDD655 #55DD92 #555CDD #DD55A0

split-complementary

#DDD655 #55A0DD #9255DD

monochromatic

#99931F #CCC429 #DDD655 #E7E288 #F1EFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#DDD655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD655

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD655	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)

#E7CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.149 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe28a',
    500: '#ddd655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd655;
$custom-light: #ebe28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85777,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD655

secondary

#393E9D

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD655

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

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