#DDD661#DDD661

#DDD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.139 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD661
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -12.40, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 58.84, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0378 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.139 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0248, 64.3301, 20.7727)
Luminance	0.6433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD661 #6168DD

analogous

#DD9861 #DDD661 #A6DD61

triadic

#DDD661 #61DDD6 #D661DD

tetradic

#DDD661 #61DD98 #6168DD #DD61A6

square

#DDD661 #61DD98 #6168DD #DD61A6

split-complementary

#DDD661 #61A6DD #9861DD

monochromatic

#A19A23 #D2C92F #DDD661 #E8E393 #F3F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DDD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD661

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD661	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.139 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae292',
    500: '#ddd661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd661;
$custom-light: #eae292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85897,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD661

secondary

#3E44A4

accent

#23CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD661

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

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