#DDC357#DDC357

#DDC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.130 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC357
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -3.44, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 56.45, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0132 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.13 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.0564, 55.0929, 16.9597)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC357 #5771DD

analogous

#DD8057 #DDC357 #B4DD57

triadic

#DDC357 #57DDC3 #C357DD

tetradic

#DDC357 #57DD80 #5771DD #DD57B4

square

#DDC357 #57DD80 #5771DD #DD57B4

split-complementary

#DDC357 #57B4DD #8057DD

monochromatic

#9A821F #CDAD2A #DDC357 #E7D58A #F2E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DDC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC357

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC357	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.130 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48a',
    500: '#ddc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc357;
$custom-light: #ebd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81865,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC357

secondary

#3A4D9E

accent

#3BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC357

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

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