#DDC258#DDC258

#DDC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.129 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC258
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -2.86, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 55.69, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0114 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.129 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.8742, 54.6628, 17.1019)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC258 #5873DD

analogous

#DD8058 #DDC258 #B5DD58

triadic

#DDC258 #58DDC2 #C258DD

tetradic

#DDC258 #58DD80 #5873DD #DD58B5

square

#DDC258 #58DD80 #5873DD #DD58B5

split-complementary

#DDC258 #58B5DD #8058DD

monochromatic

#9B8220 #CEAD2A #DDC258 #E7D58B #F2E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#DDC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC258

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC258	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.129 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48b',
    500: '#ddc258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc258;
$custom-light: #ebd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81672,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC258

secondary

#3A4F9F

accent

#3DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC258

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

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