#DDC951#DDC951

#DDC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC951
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -6.91, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 61.00, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0239 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1928, 57.7418, 16.1791)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC951 #5165DD

analogous

#DD8351 #DDC951 #ABDD51

triadic

#DDC951 #51DDC9 #C951DD

tetradic

#DDC951 #51DD83 #5165DD #DD51AB

square

#DDC951 #51DD83 #5165DD #DD51AB

split-complementary

#DDC951 #51ABDD #8351DD

monochromatic

#96851D #C9B227 #DDC951 #E7D984 #F1E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#DDC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC951

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC951	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd987',
    500: '#ddc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc951;
$custom-light: #ebd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83036,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC951

secondary

#38469B

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC951

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

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