#DDD57D#DDD57D

#DDD57D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.110 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD57D
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -9.45, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 45.34, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0265 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.11 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3159, 64.4429, 28.8175)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD57D #7D85DD

analogous

#DDA57D #DDD57D #B5DD7D

triadic

#DDD57D #7DDDD5 #D57DDD

tetradic

#DDD57D #7DDDA5 #7D85DD #DD7DB5

square

#DDD57D #7DDDA5 #7D85DD #DD7DB5

split-complementary

#DDD57D #7DB5DD #A57DDD

monochromatic

#B1A62E #D0C54C #DDD57D #EAE5AE #F6F4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DDD57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD57D

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD57D	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.110 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1a4',
    500: '#ddd57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd57d;
$custom-light: #e9e1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86047,
    "c": 0.11025,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD57D

secondary

#4B54B3

accent

#2DC61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD57D

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

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