#DDCC57#DDCC57

#DDCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC57
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, -8.06, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 59.47, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0265 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1340, 59.2481, 17.6522)
Luminance	0.5925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC57 #5768DD

analogous

#DD8957 #DDCC57 #ABDD57

triadic

#DDCC57 #57DDCC #CC57DD

tetradic

#DDCC57 #57DD89 #5768DD #DD57AB

square

#DDCC57 #57DD89 #5768DD #DD57AB

split-complementary

#DDCC57 #57ABDD #8957DD

monochromatic

#9A8B1F #CDB82A #DDCC57 #E7DB8A #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#DDCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC57

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC57	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb8b',
    500: '#ddcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc57;
$custom-light: #ebdb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83714,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC57

secondary

#3A479E

accent

#2ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC57

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

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