#DDD951#DDD951

#DDD951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.155 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD951
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -14.97, 65.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 66.76, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0468 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.155 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.1188, 65.5937, 17.4877)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD951 #5155DD

analogous

#DD9351 #DDD951 #9BDD51

triadic

#DDD951 #51DDD9 #D951DD

tetradic

#DDD951 #51DD93 #5155DD #DD519B

square

#DDD951 #51DD93 #5155DD #DD519B

split-complementary

#DDD951 #519BDD #9351DD

monochromatic

#96931D #C9C527 #DDD951 #E7E484 #F1EFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DDD951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD951

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD951	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.155 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe488',
    500: '#ddd951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd951;
$custom-light: #ebe488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86371,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD951

secondary

#383A9B

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD951

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

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