#DDD657#DDD657

#DDD657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.147 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD657
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -13.10, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 63.15, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0408 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5875, 64.1552, 18.4700)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD657 #575EDD

analogous

#DD9357 #DDD657 #A1DD57

triadic

#DDD657 #57DDD6 #D657DD

tetradic

#DDD657 #57DD93 #575EDD #DD57A1

square

#DDD657 #57DD93 #575EDD #DD57A1

split-complementary

#DDD657 #57A1DD #9357DD

monochromatic

#9A941F #CDC52A #DDD657 #E7E28A #F2EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DDD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD657

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD657	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28b',
    500: '#ddd657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd657;
$custom-light: #eae28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85795,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD657

secondary

#3A3F9E

accent

#21CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD657

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

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