#DDCB59#DDCB59

#DDCB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB59
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.19, -7.41, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.19, 58.25, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0244 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.135 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9799, 58.8075, 18.0095)
Luminance	0.5880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB59 #596BDD

analogous

#DD8959 #DDCB59 #ADDD59

triadic

#DDCB59 #59DDCB #CB59DD

tetradic

#DDCB59 #59DD89 #596BDD #DD59AD

square

#DDCB59 #59DD89 #596BDD #DD59AD

split-complementary

#DDCB59 #59ADDD #8959DD

monochromatic

#9C8B20 #CFB82A #DDCB59 #E7DB8C #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#DDCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB59

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB59	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada8c',
    500: '#ddcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb59;
$custom-light: #eada8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83527,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB59

secondary

#3B48A0

accent

#30CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB59

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

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