#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
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -6.39, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 57.55, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0215 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.133 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.5107, 57.8689, 17.8531)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##DDC959	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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