#DDD161#DDD161

#DDD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.134 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD161
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -9.88, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 56.89, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0306 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.134 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7787, 61.8381, 20.3574)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD161 #616DDD

analogous

#DD9361 #DDD161 #ABDD61

triadic

#DDD161 #61DDD1 #D161DD

tetradic

#DDD161 #61DD93 #616DDD #DD61AB

square

#DDD161 #61DD93 #616DDD #DD61AB

split-complementary

#DDD161 #61ABDD #9361DD

monochromatic

#A19523 #D2C22F #DDD161 #E8E093 #F3EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DDD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD161

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD161	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.134 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade91',
    500: '#ddd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd161;
$custom-light: #eade91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84855,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD161

secondary

#3E48A4

accent

#2ACC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD161

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

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