#DDD959#DDD959

#DDD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.148 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD959
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.85, -14.46, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.85, 63.48, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0445 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.148 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4366, 65.7208, 19.1618)
Luminance	0.6572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD959 #595DDD

analogous

#DD9759 #DDD959 #9FDD59

triadic

#DDD959 #59DDD9 #D959DD

tetradic

#DDD959 #59DD97 #595DDD #DD599F

square

#DDD959 #59DD97 #595DDD #DD599F

split-complementary

#DDD959 #599FDD #9759DD

monochromatic

#9C9820 #CFCA2A #DDD959 #E7E58C #F2F0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DDD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD959

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD959	1.00	1.48	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.148 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae48d',
    500: '#ddd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd959;
$custom-light: #eae48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86444,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD959

secondary

#3B3EA0

accent

#1DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD959

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

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