#DDDC56#DDDC56

#DDDC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.154 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC56
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -16.14, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 65.90, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0496 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.154 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0935, 67.2321, 18.7719)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC56 #5657DD

analogous

#DD9956 #DDDC56 #9ADD56

triadic

#DDDC56 #56DDDC #DC56DD

tetradic

#DDDC56 #56DD99 #5657DD #DD569A

square

#DDDC56 #56DD99 #5657DD #DD569A

split-complementary

#DDDC56 #569ADD #9956DD

monochromatic

#9A991F #CDCB29 #DDDC56 #E7E789 #F2F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DDDC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC56

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC56	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.154 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68b',
    500: '#dddc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc56;
$custom-light: #ebe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87047,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC56

secondary

#3A3A9E

accent

#18CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC56

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

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