#DDC959#DDC959

#DDC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.133 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDC959
RGBrgb(221, 201, 89)
HSLhsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSVhsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.67, -6.39, 57.20)
CIE-LCHlch(80.67, 57.55, 96.37°)
OKLaboklab(83.12% -0.0215 0.1318)
OKLCHoklch(83.12% 0.133 99.3)
XYZxyz(52.5107, 57.8689, 17.8531)
Luminance0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDC959 #596DDD
analogous
#DD8759 #DDC959 #AFDD59
triadic
#DDC959 #59DDC9 #C959DD
tetradic
#DDC959 #59DD87 #596DDD #DD59AF
square
#DDC959 #59DD87 #596DDD #DD59AF
split-complementary
#DDC959 #59AFDD #8759DD
monochromatic
#9C8920 #CFB62A #DDC959 #E7DA8C #F2EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67
#DDC959 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57
#DDC959 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC959
12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDC959#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDC9591.001.6712.5712.57
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5721.001.001.00
##00000012.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC44D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CB5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EDBCB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.133 99.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98c',
    500: '#ddc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddc959;
$custom-light: #ead98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83115,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDC959
secondary
#3B4AA0
accent
#33CE18
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC959

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#DDC959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva