#DDC451#DDC451

#DDC451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC451
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -4.35, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 59.38, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0165 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(51.0462, 55.4485, 15.7968)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC451 #516ADD

analogous

#DD7E51 #DDC451 #B0DD51

triadic

#DDC451 #51DDC4 #C451DD

tetradic

#DDC451 #51DD7E #516ADD #DD51B0

square

#DDC451 #51DD7E #516ADD #DD51B0

split-complementary

#DDC451 #51B0DD #7E51DD

monochromatic

#96811D #C9AC27 #DDC451 #E7D584 #F1E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#DDC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC451

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC451	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd587',
    500: '#ddc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc451;
$custom-light: #ebd587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.55446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC451

secondary

#38499B

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC451

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

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