#DDD259#DDD259

#DDD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.142 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD259
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -10.96, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 60.79, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0345 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.142 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6705, 62.1885, 18.5730)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD259 #5964DD

analogous

#DD9059 #DDD259 #A6DD59

triadic

#DDD259 #59DDD2 #D259DD

tetradic

#DDD259 #59DD90 #5964DD #DD59A6

square

#DDD259 #59DD90 #5964DD #DD59A6

split-complementary

#DDD259 #59A6DD #9059DD

monochromatic

#9C9120 #CFC12A #DDD259 #E7E08C #F2EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DDD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD259

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD259	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.142 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf8c',
    500: '#ddd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd259;
$custom-light: #eadf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84979,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD259

secondary

#3B43A0

accent

#27CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD259

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

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