#DDC459#DDC459

#DDC459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC459
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -3.82, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 55.88, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0141 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3640, 55.5757, 17.4709)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC459 #5972DD

analogous

#DD8259 #DDC459 #B4DD59

triadic

#DDC459 #59DDC4 #C459DD

tetradic

#DDC459 #59DD82 #5972DD #DD59B4

square

#DDC459 #59DD82 #5972DD #DD59B4

split-complementary

#DDC459 #59B4DD #8259DD

monochromatic

#9C8420 #CFAF2A #DDC459 #E7D68C #F2E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#DDC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC459

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC459	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd58c',
    500: '#ddc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc459;
$custom-light: #ebd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8209,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC459

secondary

#3B4EA0

accent

#3ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC459

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

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