#DDDC51#DDDC51

#DDDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.158 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC51
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -16.45, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 67.91, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.051 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.158 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8990, 67.1543, 17.7478)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC51 #5152DD

analogous

#DD9651 #DDDC51 #98DD51

triadic

#DDDC51 #51DDDC #DC51DD

tetradic

#DDDC51 #51DD96 #5152DD #DD5198

square

#DDDC51 #51DD96 #5152DD #DD5198

split-complementary

#DDDC51 #5198DD #9651DD

monochromatic

#96951D #C9C827 #DDDC51 #E7E684 #F1F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DDDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC51

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC51	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.158 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe688',
    500: '#dddc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc51;
$custom-light: #ebe688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87003,
    "c": 0.15754,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC51

secondary

#38389B

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC51

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

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