#DDDF59#DDDF59

#DDDF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.155 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDF59
RGB	rgb(221, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.1%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -17.42, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 65.87, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.71% -0.0529 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.71% 0.155 110)
XYZ	xyz(58.0113, 68.8703, 19.6867)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDF59 #5B59DF

analogous

#DF9E59 #DDDF59 #9ADF59

triadic

#DDDF59 #59DDDF #DF59DD

tetradic

#DDDF59 #59DF9E #5B59DF #DF599A

square

#DDDF59 #59DF9E #5B59DF #DF599A

split-complementary

#DDDF59 #599ADF #9E59DF

monochromatic

#9D9F1F #D0D229 #DDDF59 #E8E98C #F2F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DDDF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDF59

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDF59	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.155 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae88d',
    500: '#dddf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddf59;
$custom-light: #eae88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87709,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.68869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDF59

secondary

#3B3AA2

accent

#16D019

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDF59

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

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