#DDCA51#DDCA51

#DDCA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA51
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -7.42, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 61.34, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0253 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4267, 58.2095, 16.2570)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA51 #5164DD

analogous

#DD8451 #DDCA51 #AADD51

triadic

#DDCA51 #51DDCA #CA51DD

tetradic

#DDCA51 #51DD84 #5164DD #DD51AA

square

#DDCA51 #51DD84 #5164DD #DD51AA

split-complementary

#DDCA51 #51AADD #8451DD

monochromatic

#96861D #C9B327 #DDCA51 #E7DA84 #F1E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#DDCA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#DDCA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA51

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA51	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd987',
    500: '#ddca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca51;
$custom-light: #ebd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83243,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA51

secondary

#38459B

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA51

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

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