#DDCC61#DDCC61

#DDCC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC61
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -7.34, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 55.03, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0233 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5712, 59.4230, 19.9549)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC61 #6172DD

analogous

#DD8E61 #DDCC61 #B0DD61

triadic

#DDCC61 #61DDCC #CC61DD

tetradic

#DDCC61 #61DD8E #6172DD #DD61B0

square

#DDCC61 #61DD8E #6172DD #DD61B0

split-complementary

#DDCC61 #61B0DD #8E61DD

monochromatic

#A19023 #D2BC2F #DDCC61 #E8DC93 #F3EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#DDCC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC61

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC61	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb91',
    500: '#ddcc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc61;
$custom-light: #eadb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8382,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC61

secondary

#3E4CA4

accent

#32CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC61

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

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