#DDD651#DDD651

#DDD651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.152 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD651
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -13.48, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 65.63, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0426 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.152 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3525, 64.0612, 17.2323)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD651 #5158DD

analogous

#DD9051 #DDD651 #9EDD51

triadic

#DDD651 #51DDD6 #D651DD

tetradic

#DDD651 #51DD90 #5158DD #DD519E

square

#DDD651 #51DD90 #5158DD #DD519E

split-complementary

#DDD651 #519EDD #9051DD

monochromatic

#96901D #C9C127 #DDD651 #E7E284 #F1EEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DDD651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD651

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD651	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.152 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe288',
    500: '#ddd651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd651;
$custom-light: #ebe288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85741,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD651

secondary

#383D9B

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD651

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

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