#DDC57C#DDC57C

#DDC57C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.096 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC57C
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 124)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 43.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -1.35, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 39.65, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0032 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.096 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4246, 56.7620, 27.2069)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC57C #7C94DD

analogous

#DD957C #DDC57C #C4DD7C

triadic

#DDC57C #7CDDC5 #C57CDD

tetradic

#DDC57C #7CDD95 #7C94DD #DD7CC4

square

#DDC57C #7CDD95 #7C94DD #DD7CC4

split-complementary

#DDC57C #7CC4DD #957CDD

monochromatic

#B1902E #D0AF4B #DDC57C #EADBAD #F6F0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC57C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#DDC57C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC57C

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC57C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC57C	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc57c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.096 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6a3',
    500: '#ddc57c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc57c;
$custom-light: #e9d6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc57c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82758,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC57C

secondary

#4B64B3

accent

#48C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC57C

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

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