#DDCF57#DDCF57

#DDCF57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCF57
RGB	rgb(221, 207, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -9.58, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 60.55, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0308 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.8539, 60.6880, 17.8922)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCF57 #5765DD

analogous

#DD8C57 #DDCF57 #A8DD57

triadic

#DDCF57 #57DDCF #CF57DD

tetradic

#DDCF57 #57DD8C #5765DD #DD57A8

square

#DDCF57 #57DD8C #5765DD #DD57A8

split-complementary

#DDCF57 #57A8DD #8C57DD

monochromatic

#9A8D1F #CDBC2A #DDCF57 #E7DE8A #F2ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#DDCF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCF57

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCF57	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 207, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdd8b',
    500: '#ddcf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcf57;
$custom-light: #ebdd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84335,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCF57

secondary

#3A449E

accent

#2ACE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCF57

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

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