#DDD361#DDD361

#DDD361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD361
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -10.89, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 57.66, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0335 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2725, 62.8256, 20.5220)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD361 #616BDD

analogous

#DD9561 #DDD361 #A9DD61

triadic

#DDD361 #61DDD3 #D361DD

tetradic

#DDD361 #61DD95 #616BDD #DD61A9

square

#DDD361 #61DD95 #616BDD #DD61A9

split-complementary

#DDD361 #61A9DD #9561DD

monochromatic

#A19723 #D2C52F #DDD361 #E8E193 #F3EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DDD361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DDD361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD361

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD361	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae091',
    500: '#ddd361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd361;
$custom-light: #eae091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85271,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD361

secondary

#3E46A4

accent

#28CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD361

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

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