#DDC941#DDC941

#DDC941 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.151 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC941
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -7.80, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 67.35, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0281 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.151 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6619, 57.5294, 13.3831)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC941 #4155DD

analogous

#DD7B41 #DDC941 #A3DD41

triadic

#DDC941 #41DDC9 #C941DD

tetradic

#DDC941 #41DD7B #4155DD #DD41A3

square

#DDC941 #41DD7B #4155DD #DD41A3

split-complementary

#DDC941 #41A3DD #7B41DD

monochromatic

#8B7C19 #BFAB22 #DDC941 #E6D875 #F0E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DDC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC941

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC941	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.151 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd97e',
    500: '#ddc941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc941;
$custom-light: #ebd97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 69.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82904,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC941

secondary

#323E90

accent

#52EC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC941

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

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