#DDD557#DDD557

#DDD557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.146 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD557
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -12.60, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 62.77, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0394 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.146 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3352, 63.6506, 18.3859)
Luminance	0.6365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD557 #575FDD

analogous

#DD9257 #DDD557 #A2DD57

triadic

#DDD557 #57DDD5 #D557DD

tetradic

#DDD557 #57DD92 #575FDD #DD57A2

square

#DDD557 #57DD92 #575FDD #DD57A2

split-complementary

#DDD557 #57A2DD #9257DD

monochromatic

#9A931F #CDC32A #DDD557 #E7E28A #F2EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DDD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD557

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD557	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.146 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18b',
    500: '#ddd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd557;
$custom-light: #eae18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85586,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD557

secondary

#3A409E

accent

#22CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD557

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

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