#DDC359#DDC359

#DDC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.129 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC359
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -3.30, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 55.56, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0126 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.129 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1392, 55.1260, 17.3960)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC359 #5973DD

analogous

#DD8159 #DDC359 #B5DD59

triadic

#DDC359 #59DDC3 #C359DD

tetradic

#DDC359 #59DD81 #5973DD #DD59B5

square

#DDC359 #59DD81 #5973DD #DD59B5

split-complementary

#DDC359 #59B5DD #8159DD

monochromatic

#9C8320 #CFAE2A #DDC359 #E7D58C #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#DDC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC359

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC359	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.129 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd48c',
    500: '#ddc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc359;
$custom-light: #ebd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81886,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC359

secondary

#3B4FA0

accent

#3CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC359

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

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