#DDCC51#DDCC51

#DDCC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.143 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC51
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -8.44, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 62.02, 97.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.66% -0.0282 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(83.66% 0.143 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.8990, 59.1541, 16.4144)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC51 #5162DD

analogous

#DD8651 #DDCC51 #A8DD51

triadic

#DDCC51 #51DDCC #CC51DD

tetradic

#DDCC51 #51DD86 #5162DD #DD51A8

square

#DDCC51 #51DD86 #5162DD #DD51A8

split-complementary

#DDCC51 #51A8DD #8651DD

monochromatic

#96881D #C9B627 #DDCC51 #E7DB84 #F1EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#DDCC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC51

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC51	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.143 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb87',
    500: '#ddcc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc51;
$custom-light: #ebdb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83656,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC51

secondary

#38449B

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC51

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

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