#DDD955#DDD955

#DDD955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.152 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD955
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -14.72, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 65.14, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0457 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.152 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.2732, 65.6555, 18.3011)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD955 #5559DD

analogous

#DD9555 #DDD955 #9DDD55

triadic

#DDD955 #55DDD9 #D955DD

tetradic

#DDD955 #55DD95 #5559DD #DD559D

square

#DDD955 #55DD95 #5559DD #DD559D

split-complementary

#DDD955 #559DDD #9555DD

monochromatic

#99951F #CCC729 #DDD955 #E7E488 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DDD955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD955

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD955	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.152 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe48b',
    500: '#ddd955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd955;
$custom-light: #ebe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86406,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD955

secondary

#393C9D

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD955

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

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