#DDCE51#DDCE51

#DDCE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.144 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE51
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -9.46, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 62.72, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0311 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.144 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3774, 60.1110, 16.5739)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE51 #5160DD

analogous

#DD8851 #DDCE51 #A6DD51

triadic

#DDCE51 #51DDCE #CE51DD

tetradic

#DDCE51 #51DD88 #5160DD #DD51A6

square

#DDCE51 #51DD88 #5160DD #DD51A6

split-complementary

#DDCE51 #51A6DD #8851DD

monochromatic

#96891D #C9B827 #DDCE51 #E7DC84 #F1EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#DDCE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE51

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE51	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.144 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdc87',
    500: '#ddce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce51;
$custom-light: #ebdc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84071,
    "c": 0.14426,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE51

secondary

#38429B

accent

#50EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE51

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

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