#DDC661#DDC661

#DDC661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.124 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC661
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -4.27, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 52.92, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0144 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.124 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1725, 56.6257, 19.4886)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC661 #6178DD

analogous

#DD8861 #DDC661 #B6DD61

triadic

#DDC661 #61DDC6 #C661DD

tetradic

#DDC661 #61DD88 #6178DD #DD61B6

square

#DDC661 #61DD88 #6178DD #DD61B6

split-complementary

#DDC661 #61B6DD #8861DD

monochromatic

#A18A23 #D2B42F #DDC661 #E8D893 #F3EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#DDC661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC661

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC661	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.124 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead791',
    500: '#ddc661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc661;
$custom-light: #ead791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC661

secondary

#3E51A4

accent

#3ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC661

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

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