#DDC759#DDC759

#DDC759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC759
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -5.36, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 56.87, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0185 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0475, 56.9426, 17.6987)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC759 #596FDD

analogous

#DD8559 #DDC759 #B1DD59

triadic

#DDC759 #59DDC7 #C759DD

tetradic

#DDC759 #59DD85 #596FDD #DD59B1

square

#DDC759 #59DD85 #596FDD #DD59B1

split-complementary

#DDC759 #59B1DD #8559DD

monochromatic

#9C8720 #CFB32A #DDC759 #E7D88C #F2E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#DDC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC759

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC759	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead78c',
    500: '#ddc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc759;
$custom-light: #ead78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82704,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC759

secondary

#3B4BA0

accent

#36CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC759

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

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