#DDD359#DDD359

#DDD359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.142 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD359
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -11.46, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 61.17, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.036 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.143 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9181, 62.6839, 18.6556)
Luminance	0.6268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD359 #5963DD

analogous

#DD9159 #DDD359 #A5DD59

triadic

#DDD359 #59DDD3 #D359DD

tetradic

#DDD359 #59DD91 #5963DD #DD59A5

square

#DDD359 #59DD91 #5963DD #DD59A5

split-complementary

#DDD359 #59A5DD #9159DD

monochromatic

#9C9220 #CFC22A #DDD359 #E7E08C #F2EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#DDD359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD359

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD359	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.142 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae08d',
    500: '#ddd359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd359;
$custom-light: #eae08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85188,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD359

secondary

#3B42A0

accent

#25CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD359

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

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