#DDD656#DDD656

#DDD656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.148 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD656
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -13.17, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 63.57, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0411 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.148 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5470, 64.1390, 18.2564)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD656 #565DDD

analogous

#DD9356 #DDD656 #A0DD56

triadic

#DDD656 #56DDD6 #D656DD

tetradic

#DDD656 #56DD93 #565DDD #DD56A0

square

#DDD656 #56DD93 #565DDD #DD56A0

split-complementary

#DDD656 #56A0DD #9356DD

monochromatic

#9A931F #CDC429 #DDD656 #E7E289 #F2EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DDD656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD656

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD656	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.148 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe28b',
    500: '#ddd656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd656;
$custom-light: #ebe28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85786,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD656

secondary

#3A3F9E

accent

#21CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD656

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

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