#DDDE57#DDDE57

#DDDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.155 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE57
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -17.07, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 66.29, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0521 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.155 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.6621, 68.3044, 19.1616)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE57 #5857DE

analogous

#DE9B57 #DDDE57 #9ADE57

triadic

#DDDE57 #57DDDE #DE57DD

tetradic

#DDDE57 #57DE9B #5857DE #DE579A

square

#DDDE57 #57DE9B #5857DE #DE579A

split-complementary

#DDDE57 #579ADE #9B57DE

monochromatic

#9B9C1F #CECF29 #DDDE57 #E7E88A #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#DDDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE57

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE57	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.155 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88c',
    500: '#ddde57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde57;
$custom-light: #ebe88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87479,
    "c": 0.15506,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE57

secondary

#3A3AA0

accent

#16CF18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE57

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

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