#DDC57D#DDC57D

#DDC57D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.095 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC57D
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 125)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -1.25, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 39.16, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0028 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.095 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4882, 56.7874, 27.5416)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC57D #7D95DD

analogous

#DD957D #DDC57D #C5DD7D

triadic

#DDC57D #7DDDC5 #C57DDD

tetradic

#DDC57D #7DDD95 #7D95DD #DD7DC5

square

#DDC57D #7DDD95 #7D95DD #DD7DC5

split-complementary

#DDC57D #7DC5DD #957DDD

monochromatic

#B1912E #D0AF4C #DDC57D #EADBAE #F6F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DDC57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC57D

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC57D	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACA80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBBAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.095 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d6a3',
    500: '#ddc57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc57d;
$custom-light: #e9d6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82774,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC57D

secondary

#4B65B3

accent

#49C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC57D

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

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