#DDD261#DDD261

#DDD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.135 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD261
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -10.39, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 57.28, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.032 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.0248, 62.3303, 20.4394)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD261 #616CDD

analogous

#DD9461 #DDD261 #AADD61

triadic

#DDD261 #61DDD2 #D261DD

tetradic

#DDD261 #61DD94 #616CDD #DD61AA

square

#DDD261 #61DD94 #616CDD #DD61AA

split-complementary

#DDD261 #61AADD #9461DD

monochromatic

#A19623 #D2C42F #DDD261 #E8E093 #F3EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DDD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DDD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD261

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD261	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf91',
    500: '#ddd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd261;
$custom-light: #eadf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85063,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD261

secondary

#3E47A4

accent

#29CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD261

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

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