#DDDA59#DDDA59

#DDDA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.149 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA59
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -14.96, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 63.87, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0459 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.149 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6951, 66.2379, 19.2479)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA59 #595CDD

analogous

#DD9859 #DDDA59 #9EDD59

triadic

#DDDA59 #59DDDA #DA59DD

tetradic

#DDDA59 #59DD98 #595CDD #DD599E

square

#DDDA59 #59DD98 #595CDD #DD599E

split-complementary

#DDDA59 #599EDD #9859DD

monochromatic

#9C9920 #CFCB2A #DDDA59 #E7E58C #F2F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DDDA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA59

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA59	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.149 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58d',
    500: '#ddda59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda59;
$custom-light: #eae58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86654,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA59

secondary

#3B3DA0

accent

#1CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA59

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

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