#DDD357#DDD357

#DDD357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.144 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD357
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -11.60, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 62.02, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0366 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.144 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8353, 62.6507, 18.2193)
Luminance	0.6265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD357 #5761DD

analogous

#DD9057 #DDD357 #A4DD57

triadic

#DDD357 #57DDD3 #D357DD

tetradic

#DDD357 #57DD90 #5761DD #DD57A4

square

#DDD357 #57DD90 #5761DD #DD57A4

split-complementary

#DDD357 #57A4DD #9057DD

monochromatic

#9A911F #CDC12A #DDD357 #E7E08A #F2EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DDD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD357

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD357	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.144 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08b',
    500: '#ddd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd357;
$custom-light: #eae08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85168,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD357

secondary

#3A419E

accent

#25CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD357

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

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