#DDC251#DDC251

#DDC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.134 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC251
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -3.32, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 58.75, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0136 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.134 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5981, 54.5523, 15.6475)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC251 #516CDD

analogous

#DD7C51 #DDC251 #B2DD51

triadic

#DDC251 #51DDC2 #C251DD

tetradic

#DDC251 #51DD7C #516CDD #DD51B2

square

#DDC251 #51DD7C #516CDD #DD51B2

split-complementary

#DDC251 #51B2DD #7C51DD

monochromatic

#967F1D #C9AA27 #DDC251 #E7D484 #F1E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#DDC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#DDC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC251

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC251	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.134 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd486',
    500: '#ddc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc251;
$custom-light: #ebd486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81601,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC251

secondary

#384B9B

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC251

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

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