#DDDE59#DDDE59

#DDDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.153 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE59
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -16.93, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 65.47, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0515 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.153 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7449, 68.3375, 19.5979)
Luminance	0.6834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE59 #5A59DE

analogous

#DE9C59 #DDDE59 #9ADE59

triadic

#DDDE59 #59DDDE #DE59DD

tetradic

#DDDE59 #59DE9C #5A59DE #DE599A

square

#DDDE59 #59DE9C #5A59DE #DE599A

split-complementary

#DDDE59 #599ADE #9C59DE

monochromatic

#9C9D1F #CFD029 #DDDE59 #E7E88C #F2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DDDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE59

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE59	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.153 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88d',
    500: '#ddde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde59;
$custom-light: #eae88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.451,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87497,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE59

secondary

#3B3AA1

accent

#17CF18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE59

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

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