#DDC957#DDC957

#DDC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC957
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -6.53, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 58.43, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0221 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4278, 57.8358, 17.4168)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC957 #576BDD

analogous

#DD8657 #DDC957 #AEDD57

triadic

#DDC957 #57DDC9 #C957DD

tetradic

#DDC957 #57DD86 #576BDD #DD57AE

square

#DDC957 #57DD86 #576BDD #DD57AE

split-complementary

#DDC957 #57AEDD #8657DD

monochromatic

#9A881F #CDB52A #DDC957 #E7D98A #F2EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#DDC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC957

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC957	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd98b',
    500: '#ddc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc957;
$custom-light: #ebd98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83095,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC957

secondary

#3A499E

accent

#33CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC957

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

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