#DDD461#DDD461

#DDD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.137 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD461
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -11.39, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 58.05, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0349 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.137 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5217, 63.3240, 20.6050)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD461 #616ADD

analogous

#DD9661 #DDD461 #A8DD61

triadic

#DDD461 #61DDD4 #D461DD

tetradic

#DDD461 #61DD96 #616ADD #DD61A8

square

#DDD461 #61DD96 #616ADD #DD61A8

split-complementary

#DDD461 #61A8DD #9661DD

monochromatic

#A19823 #D2C62F #DDD461 #E8E293 #F3EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DDD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD461

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD461	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.137 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae192',
    500: '#ddd461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd461;
$custom-light: #eae192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85479,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD461

secondary

#3E45A4

accent

#26CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD461

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

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