#DDD757#DDD757

#DDD757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.148 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD757
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -13.60, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 63.54, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0423 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.148 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.8414, 64.6629, 18.5547)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD757 #575DDD

analogous

#DD9457 #DDD757 #A0DD57

triadic

#DDD757 #57DDD7 #D757DD

tetradic

#DDD757 #57DD94 #575DDD #DD57A0

square

#DDD757 #57DD94 #575DDD #DD57A0

split-complementary

#DDD757 #57A0DD #9457DD

monochromatic

#9A951F #CDC62A #DDD757 #E7E38A #F2EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DDD757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD757

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD757	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.148 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38c',
    500: '#ddd757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd757;
$custom-light: #eae38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86005,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD757

secondary

#3A3E9E

accent

#1FCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD757

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

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