#DDC461#DDC461

#DDC461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.122 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC461
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -3.23, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 52.25, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0115 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.122 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7184, 55.7174, 19.3373)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC461 #617ADD

analogous

#DD8661 #DDC461 #B8DD61

triadic

#DDC461 #61DDC4 #C461DD

tetradic

#DDC461 #61DD86 #617ADD #DD61B8

square

#DDC461 #61DD86 #617ADD #DD61B8

split-complementary

#DDC461 #61B8DD #8661DD

monochromatic

#A18723 #D2B12F #DDC461 #E8D793 #F3EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DDC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC461

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC461	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.122 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead591',
    500: '#ddc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc461;
$custom-light: #ead591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82181,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC461

secondary

#3E53A4

accent

#3DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC461

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

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