#DDD257#DDD257

#DDD257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.143 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD257
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -11.09, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 61.65, 100.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.0351 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.143 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5876, 62.1554, 18.1367)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD257 #5762DD

analogous

#DD8F57 #DDD257 #A5DD57

triadic

#DDD257 #57DDD2 #D257DD

tetradic

#DDD257 #57DD8F #5762DD #DD57A5

square

#DDD257 #57DD8F #5762DD #DD57A5

split-complementary

#DDD257 #57A5DD #8F57DD

monochromatic

#9A901F #CDC02A #DDD257 #E7E08A #F2EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DDD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD257

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD257	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.143 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8b',
    500: '#ddd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd257;
$custom-light: #ebdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84959,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD257

secondary

#3A429E

accent

#26CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD257

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

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