#DDDD56#DDDD56

#DDDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.155 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD56
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -16.64, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 66.30, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.26% -0.051 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(87.26% 0.155 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3567, 67.7585, 18.8596)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD56 #5656DD

analogous

#DD9956 #DDDD56 #99DD56

triadic

#DDDD56 #56DDDD #DD56DD

tetradic

#DDDD56 #56DD99 #5656DD #DD5699

square

#DDDD56 #56DD99 #5656DD #DD5699

split-complementary

#DDDD56 #5699DD #9956DD

monochromatic

#9A9A1F #CDCD29 #DDDD56 #E7E789 #F2F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DDDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD56

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD56	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)

#EED445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.155 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78b',
    500: '#dddd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd56;
$custom-light: #ebe78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87258,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD56

secondary

#3A3A9E

accent

#17CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD56

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

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