#DDCA61#DDCA61

#DDCA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA61
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -6.32, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 54.31, 96.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0204 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0989, 58.4784, 19.7974)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA61 #6174DD

analogous

#DD8C61 #DDCA61 #B2DD61

triadic

#DDCA61 #61DDCA #CA61DD

tetradic

#DDCA61 #61DD8C #6174DD #DD61B2

square

#DDCA61 #61DD8C #6174DD #DD61B2

split-complementary

#DDCA61 #61B2DD #8C61DD

monochromatic

#A18E23 #D2B92F #DDCA61 #E8DB93 #F3ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DDCA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA61

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA61	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead991',
    500: '#ddca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca61;
$custom-light: #ead991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83409,
    "c": 0.12737,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA61

secondary

#3E4EA4

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA61

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

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