#DDD861#DDD861

#DDD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.141 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD861
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -13.40, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 59.63, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0406 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.141 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5340, 65.3486, 20.9425)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD861 #6166DD

analogous

#DD9A61 #DDD861 #A4DD61

triadic

#DDD861 #61DDD8 #D861DD

tetradic

#DDD861 #61DD9A #6166DD #DD61A4

square

#DDD861 #61DD9A #6166DD #DD61A4

split-complementary

#DDD861 #61A4DD #9A61DD

monochromatic

#A19C23 #D2CC2F #DDD861 #E8E493 #F3F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DDD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD861

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD861	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.141 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae392',
    500: '#ddd861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd861;
$custom-light: #eae392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86315,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD861

secondary

#3E42A4

accent

#20CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD861

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →