#DDEC51#DDEC51

#DDEC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.760; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.174 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC51
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.84, -24.21, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.84, 74.35, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0727 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.174 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3010, 75.9582, 19.2151)
Luminance	0.7596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC51 #6051EC

analogous

#ECAD51 #DDEC51 #90EC51

triadic

#DDEC51 #51DDEC #EC51DD

tetradic

#DDEC51 #51ECAD #6051EC #EC5190

square

#DDEC51 #51ECAD #6051EC #EC5190

split-complementary

#DDEC51 #5190EC #AD51EC

monochromatic

#A0AF13 #D2E61A #DDEC51 #E8F288 #F3F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#DDEC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.19

#DDEC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC51

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC51	1.00	1.30	16.19	16.19
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.174 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebf28a',
    500: '#ddec51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec51;
$custom-light: #ebf28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90409,
    "c": 0.17428,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC51

secondary

#3E31B0

accent

#09DD1D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC51

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

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