#DDDC55#DDDC55

#DDDC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.155 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC55
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -16.21, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 66.31, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0498 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.155 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0535, 67.2161, 18.5612)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC55 #5556DD

analogous

#DD9855 #DDDC55 #9ADD55

triadic

#DDDC55 #55DDDC #DC55DD

tetradic

#DDDC55 #55DD98 #5556DD #DD559A

square

#DDDC55 #55DD98 #5556DD #DD559A

split-complementary

#DDDC55 #559ADD #9855DD

monochromatic

#99981F #CCCB29 #DDDC55 #E7E788 #F1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#DDDC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC55

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC55	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.155 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68b',
    500: '#dddc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc55;
$custom-light: #ebe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87038,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC55

secondary

#393A9D

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC55

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

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