#DDC161#DDC161

#DDC161 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.120 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC161
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -1.68, 51.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 51.29, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.007 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.12 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0485, 54.3776, 19.1140)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC161 #617DDD

analogous

#DD8361 #DDC161 #BBDD61

triadic

#DDC161 #61DDC1 #C161DD

tetradic

#DDC161 #61DD83 #617DDD #DD61BB

square

#DDC161 #61DD83 #617DDD #DD61BB

split-complementary

#DDC161 #61BBDD #8361DD

monochromatic

#A18423 #D2AD2F #DDC161 #E8D593 #F3E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DDC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC161

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC161	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.120 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead391',
    500: '#ddc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc161;
$custom-light: #ead391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81571,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC161

secondary

#3E55A4

accent

#42CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC161

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

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