#DDDA51#DDDA51

#DDDA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.156 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA51
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -15.47, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 67.14, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0482 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(56.3773, 66.1108, 17.5739)
Luminance	0.6611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA51 #5154DD

analogous

#DD9451 #DDDA51 #9ADD51

triadic

#DDDA51 #51DDDA #DA51DD

tetradic

#DDDA51 #51DD94 #5154DD #DD519A

square

#DDDA51 #51DD94 #5154DD #DD519A

split-complementary

#DDDA51 #519ADD #9451DD

monochromatic

#96941D #C9C627 #DDDA51 #E7E584 #F1F0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDDA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DDDA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA51

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA51	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe588',
    500: '#ddda51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda51;
$custom-light: #ebe588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86582,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA51

secondary

#383A9B

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA51

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

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