#DDD857#DDD857

#DDD857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.149 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD857
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -14.10, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 63.92, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.0437 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.149 107)
XYZ	xyz(56.0968, 65.1738, 18.6398)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD857 #575CDD

analogous

#DD9557 #DDD857 #9FDD57

triadic

#DDD857 #57DDD8 #D857DD

tetradic

#DDD857 #57DD95 #575CDD #DD579F

square

#DDD857 #57DD95 #575CDD #DD579F

split-complementary

#DDD857 #579FDD #9557DD

monochromatic

#9A961F #CDC72A #DDD857 #E7E48A #F2F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DDD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD857

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD857	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.149 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38c',
    500: '#ddd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd857;
$custom-light: #eae38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86215,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.65172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD857

secondary

#3A3E9E

accent

#1ECE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD857

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

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