#DDDD57#DDDD57

#DDDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.154 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD57
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -16.57, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 65.89, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0507 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.154 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.3973, 67.7748, 19.0733)
Luminance	0.6777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD57 #5757DD

analogous

#DD9A57 #DDDD57 #9ADD57

triadic

#DDDD57 #57DDDD #DD57DD

tetradic

#DDDD57 #57DD9A #5757DD #DD579A

square

#DDDD57 #57DD9A #5757DD #DD579A

split-complementary

#DDDD57 #579ADD #9A57DD

monochromatic

#9A9A1F #CDCD2A #DDDD57 #E7E78A #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#DDDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD57

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD57	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.154 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe78c',
    500: '#dddd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd57;
$custom-light: #ebe78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87267,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD57

secondary

#3A3A9E

accent

#17CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD57

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

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