#DDBD59#DDBD59

#DDBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.124 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDBD59
RGB	rgb(221, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -0.19, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 53.73, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0036 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.124 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8218, 52.4912, 16.9568)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDBD59 #5979DD

analogous

#DD7B59 #DDBD59 #BBDD59

triadic

#DDBD59 #59DDBD #BD59DD

tetradic

#DDBD59 #59DD7B #5979DD #DD59BB

square

#DDBD59 #59DD7B #5979DD #DD59BB

split-complementary

#DDBD59 #59BBDD #7B59DD

monochromatic

#9C7E20 #CFA72A #DDBD59 #E7D18C #F2E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#DDBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#DDBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDBD59

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDBD59	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.124 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd08b',
    500: '#ddbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddbd59;
$custom-light: #ebd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80669,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDBD59

secondary

#3B53A0

accent

#44CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDBD59

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

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