#DDD559#DDD559

#DDD559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.144 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD559
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -12.47, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 61.93, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0388 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.144 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4181, 63.6838, 18.8222)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD559 #5961DD

analogous

#DD9359 #DDD559 #A3DD59

triadic

#DDD559 #59DDD5 #D559DD

tetradic

#DDD559 #59DD93 #5961DD #DD59A3

square

#DDD559 #59DD93 #5961DD #DD59A3

split-complementary

#DDD559 #59A3DD #9359DD

monochromatic

#9C9420 #CFC52A #DDD559 #E7E28C #F2EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DDD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD559

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD559	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.144 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae18d',
    500: '#ddd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd559;
$custom-light: #eae18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85605,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD559

secondary

#3B41A0

accent

#23CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD559

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

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