#DDDD55#DDDD55

#DDDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.156 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD55
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, -16.70, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 66.71, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0512 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.156 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3167, 67.7425, 18.6489)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD55 #5555DD

analogous

#DD9955 #DDDD55 #99DD55

triadic

#DDDD55 #55DDDD #DD55DD

tetradic

#DDDD55 #55DD99 #5555DD #DD5599

square

#DDDD55 #55DD99 #5555DD #DD5599

split-complementary

#DDDD55 #5599DD #9955DD

monochromatic

#99991F #CCCC29 #DDDD55 #E7E788 #F1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DDDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD55

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD55	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.156 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78b',
    500: '#dddd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd55;
$custom-light: #ebe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87249,
    "c": 0.15557,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD55

secondary

#39399D

accent

#3EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD55

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

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