#DDCF51#DDCF51

#DDCF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.145 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCF51
RGB	rgb(221, 207, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -9.96, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 63.07, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0326 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.145 103)
XYZ	xyz(53.6189, 60.5940, 16.6544)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCF51 #515FDD

analogous

#DD8951 #DDCF51 #A5DD51

triadic

#DDCF51 #51DDCF #CF51DD

tetradic

#DDCF51 #51DD89 #515FDD #DD51A5

square

#DDCF51 #51DD89 #515FDD #DD51A5

split-complementary

#DDCF51 #51A5DD #8951DD

monochromatic

#968A1D #C9B927 #DDCF51 #E7DD84 #F1EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#DDCF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#DDCF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCF51

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCF51	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 207, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.145 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdd87',
    500: '#ddcf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcf51;
$custom-light: #ebdd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84279,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.60592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCF51

secondary

#38419B

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCF51

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

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