#DDD051#DDD051

#DDD051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD051
RGB	rgb(221, 208, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -10.47, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 63.43, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.034 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8619, 61.0800, 16.7354)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD051 #515EDD

analogous

#DD8A51 #DDD051 #A4DD51

triadic

#DDD051 #51DDD0 #D051DD

tetradic

#DDD051 #51DD8A #515EDD #DD51A4

square

#DDD051 #51DD8A #515EDD #DD51A4

split-complementary

#DDD051 #51A4DD #8A51DD

monochromatic

#968B1D #C9BA27 #DDD051 #E7DE84 #F1ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#DDD051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#DDD051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD051

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD051	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 208, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde87',
    500: '#ddd051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd051;
$custom-light: #ebde87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84487,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD051

secondary

#38419B

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD051

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

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