#DDD151#DDD151

#DDD151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD151
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -10.97, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 63.79, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0354 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(54.1065, 61.5692, 16.8170)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD151 #515DDD

analogous

#DD8B51 #DDD151 #A3DD51

triadic

#DDD151 #51DDD1 #D151DD

tetradic

#DDD151 #51DD8B #515DDD #DD51A3

square

#DDD151 #51DD8B #515DDD #DD51A3

split-complementary

#DDD151 #51A3DD #8B51DD

monochromatic

#968C1D #C9BC27 #DDD151 #E7DF84 #F1ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDD151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#DDD151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD151

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD151	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde88',
    500: '#ddd151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd151;
$custom-light: #ebde88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84695,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.61567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD151

secondary

#38409B

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD151

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

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