#DDD459#DDD459

#DDD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD459
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -11.97, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 61.54, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.0374 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1673, 63.1823, 18.7387)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD459 #5962DD

analogous

#DD9259 #DDD459 #A4DD59

triadic

#DDD459 #59DDD4 #D459DD

tetradic

#DDD459 #59DD92 #5962DD #DD59A4

square

#DDD459 #59DD92 #5962DD #DD59A4

split-complementary

#DDD459 #59A4DD #9259DD

monochromatic

#9C9320 #CFC32A #DDD459 #E7E18C #F2EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DDD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD459

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD459	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.143 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#ddd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd459;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD459

secondary

#3B42A0

accent

#24CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD459

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

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