#DDC651#DDC651

#DDC651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.138 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC651
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -5.38, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 60.02, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0195 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.138 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5003, 56.3568, 15.9482)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC651 #5168DD

analogous

#DD8051 #DDC651 #AEDD51

triadic

#DDC651 #51DDC6 #C651DD

tetradic

#DDC651 #51DD80 #5168DD #DD51AE

square

#DDC651 #51DD80 #5168DD #DD51AE

split-complementary

#DDC651 #51AEDD #8051DD

monochromatic

#96821D #C9AF27 #DDC651 #E7D784 #F1E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#DDC651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#DDC651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC651

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC651	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.138 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd787',
    500: '#ddc651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc651;
$custom-light: #ebd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82419,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC651

secondary

#38489B

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC651

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

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