#DDC159#DDC159

#DDC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC159
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -2.27, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 54.93, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0096 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.127 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6941, 54.2358, 17.2476)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC159 #5975DD

analogous

#DD7F59 #DDC159 #B7DD59

triadic

#DDC159 #59DDC1 #C159DD

tetradic

#DDC159 #59DD7F #5975DD #DD59B7

square

#DDC159 #59DD7F #5975DD #DD59B7

split-complementary

#DDC159 #59B7DD #7F59DD

monochromatic

#9C8120 #CFAC2A #DDC159 #E7D48C #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#DDC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC159

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC159	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd38b',
    500: '#ddc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc159;
$custom-light: #ebd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81479,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC159

secondary

#3B50A0

accent

#3ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC159

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

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