#DDCB51#DDCB51

#DDCB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB51
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -7.93, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 61.68, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0268 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6621, 58.6803, 16.3355)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB51 #5163DD

analogous

#DD8551 #DDCB51 #A9DD51

triadic

#DDCB51 #51DDCB #CB51DD

tetradic

#DDCB51 #51DD85 #5163DD #DD51A9

square

#DDCB51 #51DD85 #5163DD #DD51A9

split-complementary

#DDCB51 #51A9DD #8551DD

monochromatic

#96871D #C9B527 #DDCB51 #E7DA84 #F1EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#DDCB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB51

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB51	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebda87',
    500: '#ddcb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb51;
$custom-light: #ebda87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83449,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB51

secondary

#38449B

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB51

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

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