#DDC551#DDC551

#DDC551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC551
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -4.86, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 59.69, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.018 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2725, 55.9011, 15.8723)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC551 #5169DD

analogous

#DD7F51 #DDC551 #AFDD51

triadic

#DDC551 #51DDC5 #C551DD

tetradic

#DDC551 #51DD7F #5169DD #DD51AF

square

#DDC551 #51DD7F #5169DD #DD51AF

split-complementary

#DDC551 #51AFDD #7F51DD

monochromatic

#96821D #C9AE27 #DDC551 #E7D684 #F1E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DDC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC551

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC551	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd687',
    500: '#ddc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc551;
$custom-light: #ebd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82214,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC551

secondary

#38499B

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC551

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

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