#DDC858#DDC858

#DDC858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC858
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -5.95, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 57.65, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0203 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.133 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2366, 57.3876, 17.5560)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC858 #586DDD

analogous

#DD8558 #DDC858 #B0DD58

triadic

#DDC858 #58DDC8 #C858DD

tetradic

#DDC858 #58DD85 #586DDD #DD58B0

square

#DDC858 #58DD85 #586DDD #DD58B0

split-complementary

#DDC858 #58B0DD #8558DD

monochromatic

#9B8820 #CEB42A #DDC858 #E7D98B #F2E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DDC858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC858

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC858	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd88b',
    500: '#ddc858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc858;
$custom-light: #ebd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82899,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC858

secondary

#3A4A9F

accent

#34CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC858

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

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