#DDD457#DDD457

#DDD457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.145 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD457
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -12.10, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 62.39, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.038 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.145 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0845, 63.1491, 18.3024)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD457 #5760DD

analogous

#DD9157 #DDD457 #A3DD57

triadic

#DDD457 #57DDD4 #D457DD

tetradic

#DDD457 #57DD91 #5760DD #DD57A3

square

#DDD457 #57DD91 #5760DD #DD57A3

split-complementary

#DDD457 #57A3DD #9157DD

monochromatic

#9A921F #CDC22A #DDD457 #E7E18A #F2EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DDD457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD457

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD457	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.145 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18b',
    500: '#ddd457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd457;
$custom-light: #eae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85377,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD457

secondary

#3A419E

accent

#24CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD457

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

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