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#ffdd55

a light, electric yellow · cool · closest name: gold

RGB
255, 221, 85
HSL
48°, 100%, 67%
CMYK
0, 13, 67, 0
Luminance
0.7363

Every format

HEX#ffdd55
RGBrgb(255, 221, 85)
HSLhsl(48, 100%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 67%, 0%)
LABlab(88.8 -2.7 68.5)
LCHlch(88.8 68.5 92.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.902 0.155 95.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #ffdd55;
background-color: #ffdd55;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#ffdd55] bg-[#ffdd55]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #ffdd55;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 1.000, green: 0.867, blue: 0.333)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#ffdd55")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#ffdd55 on white: 1.34:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#ffdd55 on black: 15.73:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red100.0%
Green86.7%
Blue33.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta13.3%
Yellow66.7%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#ffdd55 text on a black background

contrast 15.73:1

Card sample

#ffdd55 text on a white background

contrast 1.34:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #ffdd55;
Background color
Panel with #ffdd55 background
background-color: #ffdd55;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #ffdd55;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(255, 221, 85, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(255, 221, 85, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #ffdd55;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffdd55, #B0FF55);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #ffdd55

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #ffdd55 in the Color Lab