#DDCD57#DDCD57

#DDCD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD57
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -8.57, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 59.83, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0279 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3724, 59.7250, 17.7317)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD57 #5767DD

analogous

#DD8A57 #DDCD57 #AADD57

triadic

#DDCD57 #57DDCD #CD57DD

tetradic

#DDCD57 #57DD8A #5767DD #DD57AA

square

#DDCD57 #57DD8A #5767DD #DD57AA

split-complementary

#DDCD57 #57AADD #8A57DD

monochromatic

#9A8C1F #CDBA2A #DDCD57 #E7DC8A #F2EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#DDCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD57

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD57	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8b',
    500: '#ddcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd57;
$custom-light: #ebdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83921,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD57

secondary

#3A469E

accent

#2DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD57

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

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