#DDC857#DDC857

#DDC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.134 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC857
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -6.01, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 58.09, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0206 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.134 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1955, 57.3711, 17.3394)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC857 #576CDD

analogous

#DD8557 #DDC857 #AFDD57

triadic

#DDC857 #57DDC8 #C857DD

tetradic

#DDC857 #57DD85 #576CDD #DD57AF

square

#DDC857 #57DD85 #576CDD #DD57AF

split-complementary

#DDC857 #57AFDD #8557DD

monochromatic

#9A871F #CDB42A #DDC857 #E7D98A #F2E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#DDC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC857

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC857	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.134 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88b',
    500: '#ddc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc857;
$custom-light: #ebd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82889,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC857

secondary

#3A4A9E

accent

#34CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC857

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

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