#DDDC57#DDDC57

#DDDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.153 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC57
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -16.08, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 65.49, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(87.06% -0.0493 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.06% 0.153 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1341, 67.2483, 18.9855)
Luminance	0.6725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC57 #5758DD

analogous

#DD9957 #DDDC57 #9BDD57

triadic

#DDDC57 #57DDDC #DC57DD

tetradic

#DDDC57 #57DD99 #5758DD #DD579B

square

#DDDC57 #57DD99 #5758DD #DD579B

split-complementary

#DDDC57 #579BDD #9957DD

monochromatic

#9A991F #CDCC2A #DDDC57 #E7E78A #F2F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DDDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC57

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC57	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.153 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68c',
    500: '#dddc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc57;
$custom-light: #ebe68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87056,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC57

secondary

#3A3B9E

accent

#19CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC57

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

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