#DDC657#DDC657

#DDC657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC657
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -4.99, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 57.42, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0177 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7353, 56.4508, 17.1860)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC657 #576EDD

analogous

#DD8357 #DDC657 #B1DD57

triadic

#DDC657 #57DDC6 #C657DD

tetradic

#DDC657 #57DD83 #576EDD #DD57B1

square

#DDC657 #57DD83 #576EDD #DD57B1

split-complementary

#DDC657 #57B1DD #8357DD

monochromatic

#9A851F #CDB12A #DDC657 #E7D78A #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DDC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC657

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC657	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78a',
    500: '#ddc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc657;
$custom-light: #ebd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC657

secondary

#3A4B9E

accent

#37CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC657

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

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