#DDC259#DDC259

#DDC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.128 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC259
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -2.79, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 55.25, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0111 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.128 95)
XYZ	xyz(50.9159, 54.6794, 17.3215)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC259 #5974DD

analogous

#DD8059 #DDC259 #B6DD59

triadic

#DDC259 #59DDC2 #C259DD

tetradic

#DDC259 #59DD80 #5974DD #DD59B6

square

#DDC259 #59DD80 #5974DD #DD59B6

split-complementary

#DDC259 #59B6DD #8059DD

monochromatic

#9C8220 #CFAD2A #DDC259 #E7D58C #F2E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#DDC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC259

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC259	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.128 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48b',
    500: '#ddc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc259;
$custom-light: #ebd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81683,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.54677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC259

secondary

#3B4FA0

accent

#3DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC259

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

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