#DDC057#DDC057

#DDC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.128 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC057
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -1.89, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 55.52, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0088 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.128 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3910, 53.7621, 16.7378)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC057 #5774DD

analogous

#DD7D57 #DDC057 #B7DD57

triadic

#DDC057 #57DDC0 #C057DD

tetradic

#DDC057 #57DD7D #5774DD #DD57B7

square

#DDC057 #57DD7D #5774DD #DD57B7

split-complementary

#DDC057 #57B7DD #7D57DD

monochromatic

#9A801F #CDAA2A #DDC057 #E7D38A #F2E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#DDC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC057

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC057	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.128 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28a',
    500: '#ddc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc057;
$custom-light: #ebd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81255,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC057

secondary

#3A509E

accent

#3FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC057

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

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