#DDDC59#DDDC59

#DDDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.151 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC59
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -15.95, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 64.67, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0487 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.151 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2169, 67.2814, 19.4219)
Luminance	0.6728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC59 #595ADD

analogous

#DD9A59 #DDDC59 #9CDD59

triadic

#DDDC59 #59DDDC #DC59DD

tetradic

#DDDC59 #59DD9A #595ADD #DD599C

square

#DDDC59 #59DD9A #595ADD #DD599C

split-complementary

#DDDC59 #599CDD #9A59DD

monochromatic

#9C9B20 #CFCD2A #DDDC59 #E7E78C #F2F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DDDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC59

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC59	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.151 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae68d',
    500: '#dddc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc59;
$custom-light: #eae68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87075,
    "c": 0.15143,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC59

secondary

#3B3BA0

accent

#19CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC59

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

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