#DDDA57#DDDA57

#DDDA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.151 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA57
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -15.09, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 64.70, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0465 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.151 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6123, 66.2048, 18.8116)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA57 #575ADD

analogous

#DD9757 #DDDA57 #9DDD57

triadic

#DDDA57 #57DDDA #DA57DD

tetradic

#DDDA57 #57DD97 #575ADD #DD579D

square

#DDDA57 #57DD97 #575ADD #DD579D

split-complementary

#DDDA57 #579DDD #9757DD

monochromatic

#9A981F #CDCA2A #DDDA57 #E7E58A #F2F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DDDA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA57

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA57	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.151 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58c',
    500: '#ddda57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda57;
$custom-light: #ebe58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86635,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA57

secondary

#3A3C9E

accent

#1BCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA57

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

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