#DDC257#DDC257

#DDC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.130 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC257
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -2.92, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 56.14, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0117 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.13 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8331, 54.6463, 16.8852)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC257 #5772DD

analogous

#DD7F57 #DDC257 #B5DD57

triadic

#DDC257 #57DDC2 #C257DD

tetradic

#DDC257 #57DD7F #5772DD #DD57B5

square

#DDC257 #57DD7F #5772DD #DD57B5

split-complementary

#DDC257 #57B5DD #7F57DD

monochromatic

#9A821F #CDAC2A #DDC257 #E7D48A #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DDC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC257

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC257	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.130 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#ddc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc257;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81661,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC257

secondary

#3A4E9E

accent

#3CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC257

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

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