#DDCD51#DDCD51

#DDCD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD51
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -8.95, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 62.37, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.0297 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.143 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.1374, 59.6310, 16.4939)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD51 #5161DD

analogous

#DD8751 #DDCD51 #A7DD51

triadic

#DDCD51 #51DDCD #CD51DD

tetradic

#DDCD51 #51DD87 #5161DD #DD51A7

square

#DDCD51 #51DD87 #5161DD #DD51A7

split-complementary

#DDCD51 #51A7DD #8751DD

monochromatic

#96881D #C9B727 #DDCD51 #E7DC84 #F1EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#DDCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD51

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD51	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc87',
    500: '#ddcd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd51;
$custom-light: #ebdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83863,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.59629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD51

secondary

#38439B

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD51

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

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