#DDC157#DDC157

#DDC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC157
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -2.41, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 55.83, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0102 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.129 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6113, 54.2027, 16.8113)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC157 #5773DD

analogous

#DD7E57 #DDC157 #B6DD57

triadic

#DDC157 #57DDC1 #C157DD

tetradic

#DDC157 #57DD7E #5773DD #DD57B6

square

#DDC157 #57DD7E #5773DD #DD57B6

split-complementary

#DDC157 #57B6DD #7E57DD

monochromatic

#9A811F #CDAB2A #DDC157 #E7D48A #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#DDC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC157

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC157	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38a',
    500: '#ddc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc157;
$custom-light: #ebd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81458,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC157

secondary

#3A4F9E

accent

#3ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC157

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

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