#DDD759#DDD759

#DDD759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD759
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -13.47, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 62.70, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0417 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.9242, 64.6961, 18.9910)
Luminance	0.6469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD759 #595FDD

analogous

#DD9559 #DDD759 #A1DD59

triadic

#DDD759 #59DDD7 #D759DD

tetradic

#DDD759 #59DD95 #595FDD #DD59A1

square

#DDD759 #59DD95 #595FDD #DD59A1

split-complementary

#DDD759 #59A1DD #9559DD

monochromatic

#9C9620 #CFC72A #DDD759 #E7E38C #F2EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DDD759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD759

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD759	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38d',
    500: '#ddd759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd759;
$custom-light: #eae38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86024,
    "c": 0.14639,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD759

secondary

#3B3FA0

accent

#20CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD759

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

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