#DDC659#DDC659

#DDC659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC659
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -4.85, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 56.54, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.017 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.8182, 56.4839, 17.6223)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC659 #5970DD

analogous

#DD8459 #DDC659 #B2DD59

triadic

#DDC659 #59DDC6 #C659DD

tetradic

#DDC659 #59DD84 #5970DD #DD59B2

square

#DDC659 #59DD84 #5970DD #DD59B2

split-complementary

#DDC659 #59B2DD #8459DD

monochromatic

#9C8620 #CFB22A #DDC659 #E7D78C #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#DDC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC659

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC659	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#ddc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc659;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82499,
    "c": 0.13101,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC659

secondary

#3B4CA0

accent

#37CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC659

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

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