#DDC059#DDC059

#DDC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.126 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC059
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -1.75, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 54.63, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0081 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.126 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4738, 53.7952, 17.1742)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC059 #5976DD

analogous

#DD7E59 #DDC059 #B8DD59

triadic

#DDC059 #59DDC0 #C059DD

tetradic

#DDC059 #59DD7E #5976DD #DD59B8

square

#DDC059 #59DD7E #5976DD #DD59B8

split-complementary

#DDC059 #59B8DD #7E59DD

monochromatic

#9C8120 #CFAA2A #DDC059 #E7D38C #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#DDC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC059

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC059	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.126 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd28b',
    500: '#ddc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc059;
$custom-light: #ebd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81276,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC059

secondary

#3B51A0

accent

#40CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC059

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

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