#DDD859#DDD859

#DDD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.147 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD859
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -13.96, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 63.09, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0431 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.147 107)
XYZ	xyz(56.1796, 65.2069, 19.0761)
Luminance	0.6521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD859 #595EDD

analogous

#DD9659 #DDD859 #A0DD59

triadic

#DDD859 #59DDD8 #D859DD

tetradic

#DDD859 #59DD96 #595EDD #DD59A0

square

#DDD859 #59DD96 #595EDD #DD59A0

split-complementary

#DDD859 #59A0DD #9659DD

monochromatic

#9C9720 #CFC82A #DDD859 #E7E48C #F2F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#DDD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD859

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD859	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.147 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae38d',
    500: '#ddd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd859;
$custom-light: #eae38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86234,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.65205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD859

secondary

#3B3FA0

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD859

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

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