#DDCE59#DDCE59

#DDCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.138 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE59
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -8.94, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 59.32, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0288 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.138 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.6953, 60.2381, 18.2480)
Luminance	0.6024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE59 #5968DD

analogous

#DD8C59 #DDCE59 #AADD59

triadic

#DDCE59 #59DDCE #CE59DD

tetradic

#DDCE59 #59DD8C #5968DD #DD59AA

square

#DDCE59 #59DD8C #5968DD #DD59AA

split-complementary

#DDCE59 #59AADD #8C59DD

monochromatic

#9C8E20 #CFBC2A #DDCE59 #E7DD8C #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#DDCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE59

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE59	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.138 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc8c',
    500: '#ddce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce59;
$custom-light: #eadc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84148,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.60236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE59

secondary

#3B46A0

accent

#2CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE59

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

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