#DDDB59#DDDB59

#DDDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.150 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB59
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -15.45, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 64.27, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0473 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.15 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.9552, 66.7581, 19.3346)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB59 #595BDD

analogous

#DD9959 #DDDB59 #9DDD59

triadic

#DDDB59 #59DDDB #DB59DD

tetradic

#DDDB59 #59DD99 #595BDD #DD599D

square

#DDDB59 #59DD99 #595BDD #DD599D

split-complementary

#DDDB59 #599DDD #9959DD

monochromatic

#9C9A20 #CFCC2A #DDDB59 #E7E68C #F2F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DDDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB59

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB59	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.150 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae58d',
    500: '#dddb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb59;
$custom-light: #eae58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86864,
    "c": 0.15041,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB59

secondary

#3B3CA0

accent

#1ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB59

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

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