#DDCD61#DDCD61

#DDCD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD61
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -7.85, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 55.40, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0248 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(53.8097, 59.8999, 20.0344)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD61 #6171DD

analogous

#DD8F61 #DDCD61 #AFDD61

triadic

#DDCD61 #61DDCD #CD61DD

tetradic

#DDCD61 #61DD8F #6171DD #DD61AF

square

#DDCD61 #61DD8F #6171DD #DD61AF

split-complementary

#DDCD61 #61AFDD #8F61DD

monochromatic

#A19123 #D2BD2F #DDCD61 #E8DD93 #F3EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD61

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD61	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc91',
    500: '#ddcd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd61;
$custom-light: #eadc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84027,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.59898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD61

secondary

#3E4BA4

accent

#30CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD61

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

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