#DDD351#DDD351

#DDD351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD351
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -11.98, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 64.52, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0383 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6003, 62.5567, 16.9815)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD351 #515BDD

analogous

#DD8D51 #DDD351 #A1DD51

triadic

#DDD351 #51DDD3 #D351DD

tetradic

#DDD351 #51DD8D #515BDD #DD51A1

square

#DDD351 #51DD8D #515BDD #DD51A1

split-complementary

#DDD351 #51A1DD #8D51DD

monochromatic

#968E1D #C9BE27 #DDD351 #E7E084 #F1EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DDD351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD351

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD351	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe088',
    500: '#ddd351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd351;
$custom-light: #ebe088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85113,
    "c": 0.14881,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD351

secondary

#383F9B

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD351

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

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