#DDC751#DDC751

#DDC751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC751
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -5.89, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 60.34, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.021 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7296, 56.8154, 16.0247)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC751 #5167DD

analogous

#DD8151 #DDC751 #ADDD51

triadic

#DDC751 #51DDC7 #C751DD

tetradic

#DDC751 #51DD81 #5167DD #DD51AD

square

#DDC751 #51DD81 #5167DD #DD51AD

split-complementary

#DDC751 #51ADDD #8151DD

monochromatic

#96831D #C9B027 #DDC751 #E7D784 #F1E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#DDC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC751

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC751	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd787',
    500: '#ddc751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc751;
$custom-light: #ebd787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82625,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC751

secondary

#38479B

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC751

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

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