#DDD157#DDD157

#DDD157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.142 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD157
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -10.59, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 61.28, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0337 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3415, 61.6632, 18.0547)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD157 #5763DD

analogous

#DD8E57 #DDD157 #A6DD57

triadic

#DDD157 #57DDD1 #D157DD

tetradic

#DDD157 #57DD8E #5763DD #DD57A6

square

#DDD157 #57DD8E #5763DD #DD57A6

split-complementary

#DDD157 #57A6DD #8E57DD

monochromatic

#9A8F1F #CDBF2A #DDD157 #E7DF8A #F2EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDD157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#DDD157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD157

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD157	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.142 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8b',
    500: '#ddd157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd157;
$custom-light: #ebde8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84751,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD157

secondary

#3A439E

accent

#28CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD157

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

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