#DDCD58#DDCD58

#DDCD58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD58
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 60.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -8.50, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 59.39, 98.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0276 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4136, 59.7415, 17.9483)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD58 #5868DD

analogous

#DD8A58 #DDCD58 #AADD58

triadic

#DDCD58 #58DDCD #CD58DD

tetradic

#DDCD58 #58DD8A #5868DD #DD58AA

square

#DDCD58 #58DD8A #5868DD #DD58AA

split-complementary

#DDCD58 #58AADD #8A58DD

monochromatic

#9B8C20 #CEBA2A #DDCD58 #E7DC8B #F2EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCD58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD58

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD58	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8c',
    500: '#ddcd58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd58;
$custom-light: #eadc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83931,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD58

secondary

#3A469F

accent

#2DCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD58

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

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