#DDCE57#DDCE57

#DDCE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE57
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -9.07, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 60.18, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0294 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6124, 60.2050, 17.8117)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE57 #5766DD

analogous

#DD8B57 #DDCE57 #A9DD57

triadic

#DDCE57 #57DDCE #CE57DD

tetradic

#DDCE57 #57DD8B #5766DD #DD57A9

square

#DDCE57 #57DD8B #5766DD #DD57A9

split-complementary

#DDCE57 #57A9DD #8B57DD

monochromatic

#9A8D1F #CDBB2A #DDCE57 #E7DD8A #F2ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#DDCE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE57

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE57	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc8b',
    500: '#ddce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce57;
$custom-light: #ebdc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84128,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE57

secondary

#3A459E

accent

#2CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE57

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

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