#DDC051#DDC051

#DDC051 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC051
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -2.28, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 58.15, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0106 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.133 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1559, 53.6681, 15.5001)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC051 #516EDD

analogous

#DD7A51 #DDC051 #B4DD51

triadic

#DDC051 #51DDC0 #C051DD

tetradic

#DDC051 #51DD7A #516EDD #DD51B4

square

#DDC051 #51DD7A #516EDD #DD51B4

split-complementary

#DDC051 #51B4DD #7A51DD

monochromatic

#967D1D #C9A827 #DDC051 #E7D384 #F1E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#DDC051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC051

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC051	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd286',
    500: '#ddc051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc051;
$custom-light: #ebd286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81194,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC051

secondary

#384C9B

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC051

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

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