#DDC361#DDC361

#DDC361 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.122 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC361
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -2.72, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 51.93, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.01 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.122 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4936, 55.2678, 19.2623)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC361 #617BDD

analogous

#DD8561 #DDC361 #B9DD61

triadic

#DDC361 #61DDC3 #C361DD

tetradic

#DDC361 #61DD85 #617BDD #DD61B9

square

#DDC361 #61DD85 #617BDD #DD61B9

split-complementary

#DDC361 #61B9DD #8561DD

monochromatic

#A18623 #D2B02F #DDC361 #E8D693 #F3E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DDC361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC361

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC361	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.122 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead491',
    500: '#ddc361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc361;
$custom-light: #ead491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.419,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81977,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC361

secondary

#3E53A4

accent

#3FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC361

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

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