#DDDB56#DDDB56

#DDDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.153 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB56
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -15.65, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 65.51, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0482 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.153 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.8318, 66.7087, 18.6847)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB56 #5658DD

analogous

#DD9756 #DDDB56 #9CDD56

triadic

#DDDB56 #56DDDB #DB56DD

tetradic

#DDDB56 #56DD97 #5658DD #DD569C

square

#DDDB56 #56DD97 #5658DD #DD569C

split-complementary

#DDDB56 #569CDD #9756DD

monochromatic

#9A981F #CDCA29 #DDDB56 #E7E689 #F2F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DDDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB56

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB56	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.153 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#dddb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb56;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86836,
    "c": 0.15277,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB56

secondary

#3A3B9E

accent

#1ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB56

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

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