#DDCE61#DDCE61

#DDCE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE61
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.04, -8.36, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.04, 55.77, 98.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0262 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.0496, 60.3799, 20.1143)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE61 #6170DD

analogous

#DD9061 #DDCE61 #AEDD61

triadic

#DDCE61 #61DDCE #CE61DD

tetradic

#DDCE61 #61DD90 #6170DD #DD61AE

square

#DDCE61 #61DD90 #6170DD #DD61AE

split-complementary

#DDCE61 #61AEDD #9061DD

monochromatic

#A19223 #D2BE2F #DDCE61 #E8DE93 #F3EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#DDCE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#DDCE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE61

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE61	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc91',
    500: '#ddce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce61;
$custom-light: #eadc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84234,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE61

secondary

#3E4AA4

accent

#2FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE61

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

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