#DDC457#DDC457

#DDC457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.131 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC457
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -3.96, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 56.77, 94.00°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0147 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.131 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.2812, 55.5425, 17.0346)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC457 #5770DD

analogous

#DD8157 #DDC457 #B3DD57

triadic

#DDC457 #57DDC4 #C457DD

tetradic

#DDC457 #57DD81 #5770DD #DD57B3

square

#DDC457 #57DD81 #5770DD #DD57B3

split-complementary

#DDC457 #57B3DD #8157DD

monochromatic

#9A831F #CDAF2A #DDC457 #E7D68A #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DDC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC457

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC457	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.131 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58a',
    500: '#ddc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc457;
$custom-light: #ebd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82069,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC457

secondary

#3A4D9E

accent

#39CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC457

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

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