#DDDE61#DDDE61

#DDDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.147 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE61
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -16.37, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 62.08, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0491 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.147 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.0993, 68.4793, 21.4642)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE61 #6261DE

analogous

#DEA061 #DDDE61 #9EDE61

triadic

#DDDE61 #61DDDE #DE61DD

tetradic

#DDDE61 #61DEA0 #6261DE #DE619E

square

#DDDE61 #61DEA0 #6261DE #DE619E

split-complementary

#DDDE61 #619EDE #A061DE

monochromatic

#A2A322 #D2D32E #DDDE61 #E8E994 #F3F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DDDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE61

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE61	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.147 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae892',
    500: '#ddde61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde61;
$custom-light: #eae892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87576,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE61

secondary

#3E3EA6

accent

#18CD1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE61

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

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