#DDCD59#DDCD59

#DDCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD59
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -8.43, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 58.96, 98.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0273 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.4553, 59.7582, 18.1680)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD59 #5969DD

analogous

#DD8B59 #DDCD59 #ABDD59

triadic

#DDCD59 #59DDCD #CD59DD

tetradic

#DDCD59 #59DD8B #5969DD #DD59AB

square

#DDCD59 #59DD8B #5969DD #DD59AB

split-complementary

#DDCD59 #59ABDD #8B59DD

monochromatic

#9C8D20 #CFBB2A #DDCD59 #E7DC8C #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#DDCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD59

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD59	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)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8c',
    500: '#ddcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd59;
$custom-light: #eadc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83941,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD59

secondary

#3B47A0

accent

#2ECE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD59

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

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