#DDCA59#DDCA59

#DDCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA59
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -6.90, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 57.90, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0229 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7445, 58.3367, 17.9311)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA59 #596CDD

analogous

#DD8859 #DDCA59 #AEDD59

triadic

#DDCA59 #59DDCA #CA59DD

tetradic

#DDCA59 #59DD88 #596CDD #DD59AE

square

#DDCA59 #59DD88 #596CDD #DD59AE

split-complementary

#DDCA59 #59AEDD #8859DD

monochromatic

#9C8A20 #CFB72A #DDCA59 #E7DA8C #F2EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#DDCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA59

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA59	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead98c',
    500: '#ddca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca59;
$custom-light: #ead98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83321,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA59

secondary

#3B49A0

accent

#32CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA59

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

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