#DDDA61#DDDA61

#DDDA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA61
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -14.39, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 60.44, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0434 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0495, 66.3796, 21.1143)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA61 #6164DD

analogous

#DD9C61 #DDDA61 #A2DD61

triadic

#DDDA61 #61DDDA #DA61DD

tetradic

#DDDA61 #61DD9C #6164DD #DD61A2

square

#DDDA61 #61DD9C #6164DD #DD61A2

split-complementary

#DDDA61 #61A2DD #9C61DD

monochromatic

#A19E23 #D2CE2F #DDDA61 #E8E693 #F3F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDDA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DDDA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA61

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA61	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae592',
    500: '#ddda61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda61;
$custom-light: #eae592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86735,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA61

secondary

#3E40A4

accent

#1DCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA61

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

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