#DDCB57#DDCB57

#DDCB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB57
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -7.55, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 59.12, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.025 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.137 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8971, 58.7743, 17.5732)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB57 #5769DD

analogous

#DD8857 #DDCB57 #ACDD57

triadic

#DDCB57 #57DDCB #CB57DD

tetradic

#DDCB57 #57DD88 #5769DD #DD57AC

square

#DDCB57 #57DD88 #5769DD #DD57AC

split-complementary

#DDCB57 #57ACDD #8857DD

monochromatic

#9A8A1F #CDB72A #DDCB57 #E7DB8A #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#DDCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB57

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB57	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda8b',
    500: '#ddcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb57;
$custom-light: #ebda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.94,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83507,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB57

secondary

#3A479E

accent

#30CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB57

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

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