#DDDA56#DDDA56

#DDDA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.152 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA56
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -15.16, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 65.12, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0468 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.152 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.5717, 66.1885, 18.5980)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA56 #5659DD

analogous

#DD9756 #DDDA56 #9CDD56

triadic

#DDDA56 #56DDDA #DA56DD

tetradic

#DDDA56 #56DD97 #5659DD #DD569C

square

#DDDA56 #56DD97 #5659DD #DD569C

split-complementary

#DDDA56 #569CDD #9756DD

monochromatic

#9A971F #CDC929 #DDDA56 #E7E589 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DDDA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA56

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA56	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.152 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#ddda56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda56;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86626,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA56

secondary

#3A3C9E

accent

#1BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA56

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

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