#DDCA58#DDCA58

#DDCA58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA58
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 88)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -6.97, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 58.34, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0232 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7028, 58.3200, 17.7114)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA58 #586BDD

analogous

#DD8858 #DDCA58 #ADDD58

triadic

#DDCA58 #58DDCA #CA58DD

tetradic

#DDCA58 #58DD88 #586BDD #DD58AD

square

#DDCA58 #58DD88 #586BDD #DD58AD

split-complementary

#DDCA58 #58ADDD #8858DD

monochromatic

#9B8920 #CEB62A #DDCA58 #E7DA8B #F2EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#DDCA58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA58

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA58	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98b',
    500: '#ddca58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca58;
$custom-light: #ead98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83311,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA58

secondary

#3A499F

accent

#32CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA58

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

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