#DDC151#DDC151

#DDC151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC151
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -2.80, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 58.45, 92.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0121 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.134 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3762, 54.1087, 15.5735)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC151 #516DDD

analogous

#DD7B51 #DDC151 #B3DD51

triadic

#DDC151 #51DDC1 #C151DD

tetradic

#DDC151 #51DD7B #516DDD #DD51B3

square

#DDC151 #51DD7B #516DDD #DD51B3

split-complementary

#DDC151 #51B3DD #7B51DD

monochromatic

#967E1D #C9A927 #DDC151 #E7D384 #F1E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#DDC151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC151

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC151	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd386',
    500: '#ddc151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc151;
$custom-light: #ebd386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC151

secondary

#384B9B

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC151

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

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