#DDC658#DDC658

#DDC658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.132 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC658
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -4.92, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 56.98, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0174 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.132 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.7764, 56.4672, 17.4026)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC658 #586FDD

analogous

#DD8358 #DDC658 #B1DD58

triadic

#DDC658 #58DDC6 #C658DD

tetradic

#DDC658 #58DD83 #586FDD #DD58B1

square

#DDC658 #58DD83 #586FDD #DD58B1

split-complementary

#DDC658 #58B1DD #8358DD

monochromatic

#9B8620 #CEB22A #DDC658 #E7D78B #F2E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#DDC658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC658

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC658	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.132 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd78b',
    500: '#ddc658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc658;
$custom-light: #ebd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC658

secondary

#3A4C9F

accent

#37CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC658

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

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