#DDDD59#DDDD59

#DDDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.152 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD59
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -16.44, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 65.07, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0501 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.152 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4801, 67.8079, 19.5096)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD59 #5959DD

analogous

#DD9B59 #DDDD59 #9BDD59

triadic

#DDDD59 #59DDDD #DD59DD

tetradic

#DDDD59 #59DD9B #5959DD #DD599B

square

#DDDD59 #59DD9B #5959DD #DD599B

split-complementary

#DDDD59 #599BDD #9B59DD

monochromatic

#9C9C20 #CFCF2A #DDDD59 #E7E78C #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DDDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD59

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD59	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.152 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae78d',
    500: '#dddd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd59;
$custom-light: #eae78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87286,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD59

secondary

#3B3BA0

accent

#18CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD59

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

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