#DDDC61#DDDC61

#DDDC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.145 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC61
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -15.39, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 61.26, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0463 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.145 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.5713, 67.4232, 21.2882)
Luminance	0.6742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC61 #6162DD

analogous

#DD9E61 #DDDC61 #A0DD61

triadic

#DDDC61 #61DDDC #DC61DD

tetradic

#DDDC61 #61DD9E #6162DD #DD61A0

square

#DDDC61 #61DD9E #6162DD #DD61A0

split-complementary

#DDDC61 #61A0DD #9E61DD

monochromatic

#A1A023 #D2D12F #DDDC61 #E8E793 #F3F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DDDC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC61

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC61	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.145 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae692',
    500: '#dddc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc61;
$custom-light: #eae692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87155,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC61

secondary

#3E3FA4

accent

#1BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC61

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

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