#DDDF51#DDDF51

#DDDF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.161 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDF51
RGB	rgb(221, 223, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -17.93, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 69.09, 105.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0551 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.161 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6935, 68.7431, 18.0126)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDF51 #5351DF

analogous

#DF9A51 #DDDF51 #96DF51

triadic

#DDDF51 #51DDDF #DF51DD

tetradic

#DDDF51 #51DF9A #5351DF #DF5196

square

#DDDF51 #51DF9A #5351DF #DF5196

split-complementary

#DDDF51 #5196DF #9A51DF

monochromatic

#98991C #CBCD26 #DDDF51 #E7E985 #F1F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DDDF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDF51

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDF51	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 223, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.161 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe889',
    500: '#dddf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddf51;
$custom-light: #ebe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87638,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDF51

secondary

#38379D

accent

#3CEC3F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDF51

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

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