#DDEA57#DDEA57

#DDEA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.168 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA57
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -22.89, 67.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 71.23, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0685 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.168 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.9634, 74.9070, 20.2620)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA57 #6457EA

analogous

#EAAD57 #DDEA57 #93EA57

triadic

#DDEA57 #57DDEA #EA57DD

tetradic

#DDEA57 #57EAAD #6457EA #EA5793

square

#DDEA57 #57EAAD #6457EA #EA5793

split-complementary

#DDEA57 #5793EA #AD57EA

monochromatic

#A3B116 #D2E321 #DDEA57 #E8F18D #F3F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDEA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#DDEA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA57

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA57	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.168 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf08d',
    500: '#ddea57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea57;
$custom-light: #ebf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.306,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9003,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA57

secondary

#3F34B1

accent

#0BDA1E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA57

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

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