#DDC561#DDC561

#DDC561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC561
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -3.75, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 52.59, 94.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.013 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.123 96)
XYZ	xyz(51.9447, 56.1700, 19.4127)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC561 #6179DD

analogous

#DD8761 #DDC561 #B7DD61

triadic

#DDC561 #61DDC5 #C561DD

tetradic

#DDC561 #61DD87 #6179DD #DD61B7

square

#DDC561 #61DD87 #6179DD #DD61B7

split-complementary

#DDC561 #61B7DD #8761DD

monochromatic

#A18923 #D2B32F #DDC561 #E8D793 #F3EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DDC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC561

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC561	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead691',
    500: '#ddc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc561;
$custom-light: #ead691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82384,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.56168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC561

secondary

#3E52A4

accent

#3CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC561

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

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