#DDC351#DDC351

#DDC351 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC351
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -3.83, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 59.06, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0151 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8214, 54.9989, 15.7219)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC351 #516BDD

analogous

#DD7D51 #DDC351 #B1DD51

triadic

#DDC351 #51DDC3 #C351DD

tetradic

#DDC351 #51DD7D #516BDD #DD51B1

square

#DDC351 #51DD7D #516BDD #DD51B1

split-complementary

#DDC351 #51B1DD #7D51DD

monochromatic

#96801D #C9AB27 #DDC351 #E7D584 #F1E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#DDC351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC351

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC351	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd487',
    500: '#ddc351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc351;
$custom-light: #ebd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81805,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC351

secondary

#384A9B

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC351

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

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