#DDEA61#DDEA61

#DDEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.160 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEA61
RGB	rgb(221, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -22.22, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 67.20, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0656 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.16 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4006, 75.0819, 22.5647)
Luminance	0.7508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEA61 #6E61EA

analogous

#EAB261 #DDEA61 #99EA61

triadic

#DDEA61 #61DDEA #EA61DD

tetradic

#DDEA61 #61EAB2 #6E61EA #EA6199

square

#DDEA61 #61EAB2 #6E61EA #EA6199

split-complementary

#DDEA61 #6199EA #B261EA

monochromatic

#A9B818 #D1E32B #DDEA61 #E9F197 #F4F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#DDEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#DDEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEA61

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEA61	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EADECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.160 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf093',
    500: '#ddea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddea61;
$custom-light: #eaf093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90122,
    "c": 0.16006,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEA61

secondary

#4438B8

accent

#0DD920

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEA61

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

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