#DDDD61#DDDD61

#DDDD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.146 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD61
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -15.88, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 61.67, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0477 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.146 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8345, 67.9496, 21.3760)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD61 #6161DD

analogous

#DD9F61 #DDDD61 #9FDD61

triadic

#DDDD61 #61DDDD #DD61DD

tetradic

#DDDD61 #61DD9F #6161DD #DD619F

square

#DDDD61 #61DD9F #6161DD #DD619F

split-complementary

#DDDD61 #619FDD #9F61DD

monochromatic

#A1A123 #D2D22F #DDDD61 #E8E893 #F3F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DDDD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD61

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD61	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.146 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae792',
    500: '#dddd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd61;
$custom-light: #eae792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87365,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD61

secondary

#3E3EA4

accent

#19CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD61

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

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