#DDD251#DDD251

#DDD251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD251
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -11.48, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 64.15, 100.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0369 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3526, 62.0614, 16.8990)
Luminance	0.6206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD251 #515CDD

analogous

#DD8C51 #DDD251 #A2DD51

triadic

#DDD251 #51DDD2 #D251DD

tetradic

#DDD251 #51DD8C #515CDD #DD51A2

square

#DDD251 #51DD8C #515CDD #DD51A2

split-complementary

#DDD251 #51A2DD #8C51DD

monochromatic

#968D1D #C9BD27 #DDD251 #E7DF84 #F1ECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DDD251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD251

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD251	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf88',
    500: '#ddd251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd251;
$custom-light: #ebdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84904,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD251

secondary

#383F9B

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD251

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

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