#DDC557#DDC557

#DDC557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC557
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -4.47, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 57.10, 94.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.0162 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5075, 55.9951, 17.1100)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC557 #576FDD

analogous

#DD8257 #DDC557 #B2DD57

triadic

#DDC557 #57DDC5 #C557DD

tetradic

#DDC557 #57DD82 #576FDD #DD57B2

square

#DDC557 #57DD82 #576FDD #DD57B2

split-complementary

#DDC557 #57B2DD #8257DD

monochromatic

#9A841F #CDB02A #DDC557 #E7D78A #F2E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#DDC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC557

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC557	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd68a',
    500: '#ddc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc557;
$custom-light: #ebd68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82274,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC557

secondary

#3A4C9E

accent

#38CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC557

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

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