#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
RGBrgb(221, 201, 65)
HSLhsl(52, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(52, 71%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 70.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.48, -7.80, 66.90)
CIE-LCHlch(80.48, 67.35, 96.65°)
OKLaboklab(82.9% -0.0281 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(82.9% 0.151 100.7)
XYZxyz(51.6619, 57.5294, 13.3831)
Luminance0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##DDC9411.001.6812.5112.51
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5121.001.001.00
##00000012.5121.001.001.00

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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#DDC941 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva