#DDCF59#DDCF59

#DDCF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.139 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCF59
RGB	rgb(221, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -9.44, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 59.68, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0302 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.139 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.9368, 60.7211, 18.3285)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCF59 #5967DD

analogous

#DD8D59 #DDCF59 #A9DD59

triadic

#DDCF59 #59DDCF #CF59DD

tetradic

#DDCF59 #59DD8D #5967DD #DD59A9

square

#DDCF59 #59DD8D #5967DD #DD59A9

split-complementary

#DDCF59 #59A9DD #8D59DD

monochromatic

#9C8F20 #CFBD2A #DDCF59 #E7DE8C #F2ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#DDCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCF59

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCF59	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.139 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadd8c',
    500: '#ddcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcf59;
$custom-light: #eadd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84355,
    "c": 0.13877,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCF59

secondary

#3B45A0

accent

#2BCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCF59

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

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