#DDDE51#DDDE51

#DDDE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.160 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE51
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -17.44, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 68.69, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0537 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.16 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4271, 68.2104, 17.9238)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE51 #5251DE

analogous

#DE9951 #DDDE51 #96DE51

triadic

#DDDE51 #51DDDE #DE51DD

tetradic

#DDDE51 #51DE99 #5251DE #DE5196

square

#DDDE51 #51DE99 #5251DE #DE5196

split-complementary

#DDDE51 #5196DE #9951DE

monochromatic

#97981D #CACB27 #DDDE51 #E7E884 #F1F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#DDDE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE51

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE51	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.160 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe889',
    500: '#ddde51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde51;
$custom-light: #ebe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87426,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE51

secondary

#38379C

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE51

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

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