#DDD659#DDD659

#DDD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.145 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD659
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -12.97, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 62.31, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0402 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.145 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6704, 64.1884, 18.9063)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD659 #5960DD

analogous

#DD9459 #DDD659 #A2DD59

triadic

#DDD659 #59DDD6 #D659DD

tetradic

#DDD659 #59DD94 #5960DD #DD59A2

square

#DDD659 #59DD94 #5960DD #DD59A2

split-complementary

#DDD659 #59A2DD #9459DD

monochromatic

#9C9520 #CFC62A #DDD659 #E7E38C #F2EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#DDD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD659

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD659	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.145 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae28d',
    500: '#ddd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd659;
$custom-light: #eae28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85814,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD659

secondary

#3B40A0

accent

#21CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD659

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

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