#DDC761#DDC761

#DDC761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.125 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC761
RGB	rgb(221, 199, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -4.78, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 53.26, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0159 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.125 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4019, 57.0843, 19.5651)
Luminance	0.5708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC761 #6177DD

analogous

#DD8961 #DDC761 #B5DD61

triadic

#DDC761 #61DDC7 #C761DD

tetradic

#DDC761 #61DD89 #6177DD #DD61B5

square

#DDC761 #61DD89 #6177DD #DD61B5

split-complementary

#DDC761 #61B5DD #8961DD

monochromatic

#A18B23 #D2B52F #DDC761 #E8D993 #F3EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DDC761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC761

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC761	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 199, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.125 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead791',
    500: '#ddc761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc761;
$custom-light: #ead791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82793,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC761

secondary

#3E50A4

accent

#39CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC761

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

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