#DDD059#DDD059

#DDD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD059
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -9.95, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 60.05, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0317 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1798, 61.2072, 18.4095)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD059 #5966DD

analogous

#DD8E59 #DDD059 #A8DD59

triadic

#DDD059 #59DDD0 #D059DD

tetradic

#DDD059 #59DD8E #5966DD #DD59A8

square

#DDD059 #59DD8E #5966DD #DD59A8

split-complementary

#DDD059 #59A8DD #8E59DD

monochromatic

#9C9020 #CFBE2A #DDD059 #E7DE8C #F2EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#DDD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD059

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD059	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8c',
    500: '#ddd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd059;
$custom-light: #eade8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84563,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD059

secondary

#3B45A0

accent

#2ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD059

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

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