#DDD551#DDD551

#DDD551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.151 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD551
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -12.98, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 65.25, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0411 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.151 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.1002, 63.5566, 17.1482)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD551 #5159DD

analogous

#DD8F51 #DDD551 #9FDD51

triadic

#DDD551 #51DDD5 #D551DD

tetradic

#DDD551 #51DD8F #5159DD #DD519F

square

#DDD551 #51DD8F #5159DD #DD519F

split-complementary

#DDD551 #519FDD #8F51DD

monochromatic

#968F1D #C9C027 #DDD551 #E7E184 #F1EEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#DDD551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD551

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD551	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.151 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe188',
    500: '#ddd551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd551;
$custom-light: #ebe188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85531,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD551

secondary

#383D9B

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD551

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

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