#DDDA55#DDDA55

#DDDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.153 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA55
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -15.22, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 65.53, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0471 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.153 108)
XYZ	xyz(56.5317, 66.1725, 18.3872)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA55 #5558DD

analogous

#DD9655 #DDDA55 #9CDD55

triadic

#DDDA55 #55DDDA #DA55DD

tetradic

#DDDA55 #55DD96 #5558DD #DD559C

square

#DDDA55 #55DD96 #5558DD #DD559C

split-complementary

#DDDA55 #559CDD #9655DD

monochromatic

#99961F #CCC829 #DDDA55 #E7E588 #F1F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DDDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA55

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA55	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.153 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#ddda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda55;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86617,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA55

secondary

#393B9D

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA55

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

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