#DDD561#DDD561

#DDD561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.138 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD561
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -11.90, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 58.44, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0363 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.138 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7725, 63.8255, 20.6886)
Luminance	0.6382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD561 #6169DD

analogous

#DD9761 #DDD561 #A7DD61

triadic

#DDD561 #61DDD5 #D561DD

tetradic

#DDD561 #61DD97 #6169DD #DD61A7

square

#DDD561 #61DD97 #6169DD #DD61A7

split-complementary

#DDD561 #61A7DD #9761DD

monochromatic

#A19923 #D2C82F #DDD561 #E8E293 #F3F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DDD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD561

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD561	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.138 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae192',
    500: '#ddd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd561;
$custom-light: #eae192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85688,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD561

secondary

#3E45A4

accent

#25CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD561

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

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