#DDD856#DDD856

#DDD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.150 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD856
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -14.16, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 64.34, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.044 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.15 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0562, 65.1575, 18.4261)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD856 #565BDD

analogous

#DD9556 #DDD856 #9EDD56

triadic

#DDD856 #56DDD8 #D856DD

tetradic

#DDD856 #56DD95 #565BDD #DD569E

square

#DDD856 #56DD95 #565BDD #DD569E

split-complementary

#DDD856 #569EDD #9556DD

monochromatic

#9A951F #CDC729 #DDD856 #E7E489 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DDD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD856

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD856	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.150 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38b',
    500: '#ddd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd856;
$custom-light: #ebe38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86205,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD856

secondary

#3A3D9E

accent

#1ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD856

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

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