#DDCC59#DDCC59

#DDCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.136 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC59
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -7.92, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 58.60, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0259 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.136 101)
XYZ	xyz(53.2168, 59.2813, 18.0885)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC59 #596ADD

analogous

#DD8A59 #DDCC59 #ACDD59

triadic

#DDCC59 #59DDCC #CC59DD

tetradic

#DDCC59 #59DD8A #596ADD #DD59AC

square

#DDCC59 #59DD8A #596ADD #DD59AC

split-complementary

#DDCC59 #59ACDD #8A59DD

monochromatic

#9C8C20 #CFB92A #DDCC59 #E7DC8C #F2EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#DDCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC59

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC59	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.136 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb8c',
    500: '#ddcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc59;
$custom-light: #eadb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83734,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.59279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC59

secondary

#3B48A0

accent

#2FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC59

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

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