#DDD159#DDD159

#DDD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.141 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD159
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -10.46, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 60.42, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0331 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.141 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4244, 61.6963, 18.4910)
Luminance	0.6169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD159 #5965DD

analogous

#DD8F59 #DDD159 #A7DD59

triadic

#DDD159 #59DDD1 #D159DD

tetradic

#DDD159 #59DD8F #5965DD #DD59A7

square

#DDD159 #59DD8F #5965DD #DD59A7

split-complementary

#DDD159 #59A7DD #8F59DD

monochromatic

#9C9020 #CFC02A #DDD159 #E7DF8C #F2EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DDD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD159

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD159	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.141 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade8c',
    500: '#ddd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd159;
$custom-light: #eade8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84771,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD159

secondary

#3B44A0

accent

#28CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD159

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

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