#DDC859#DDC859

#DDC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC859
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -5.88, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 57.21, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.02 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2783, 57.4042, 17.7757)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC859 #596EDD

analogous

#DD8659 #DDC859 #B0DD59

triadic

#DDC859 #59DDC8 #C859DD

tetradic

#DDC859 #59DD86 #596EDD #DD59B0

square

#DDC859 #59DD86 #596EDD #DD59B0

split-complementary

#DDC859 #59B0DD #8659DD

monochromatic

#9C8820 #CFB42A #DDC859 #E7D98C #F2EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#DDC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC859

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC859	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)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead88c',
    500: '#ddc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc859;
$custom-light: #ead88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8291,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC859

secondary

#3B4BA0

accent

#35CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC859

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

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