#DDD057#DDD057

#DDD057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.141 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD057
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -10.09, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 60.91, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0323 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.141 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0969, 61.1740, 17.9732)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD057 #5764DD

analogous

#DD8D57 #DDD057 #A7DD57

triadic

#DDD057 #57DDD0 #D057DD

tetradic

#DDD057 #57DD8D #5764DD #DD57A7

square

#DDD057 #57DD8D #5764DD #DD57A7

split-complementary

#DDD057 #57A7DD #8D57DD

monochromatic

#9A8E1F #CDBD2A #DDD057 #E7DE8A #F2ECBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#DDD057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD057

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD057	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.141 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8b',
    500: '#ddd057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd057;
$custom-light: #ebde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.179,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84543,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD057

secondary

#3A449E

accent

#29CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD057

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

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