#DDEC61#DDEC61

#DDEC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.162 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDEC61
RGB	rgb(221, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -23.18, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 68.08, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0683 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.162 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9732, 76.2271, 22.7555)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDEC61 #7061EC

analogous

#ECB661 #DDEC61 #97EC61

triadic

#DDEC61 #61DDEC #EC61DD

tetradic

#DDEC61 #61ECB6 #7061EC #EC6197

square

#DDEC61 #61ECB6 #7061EC #EC6197

split-complementary

#DDEC61 #6197EC #B661EC

monochromatic

#AABC17 #D1E52A #DDEC61 #E9F398 #F5F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#DDEC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#DDEC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDEC61

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDEC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDEC61	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAE0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.162 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eaf293',
    500: '#ddec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddec61;
$custom-light: #eaf293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.475,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90549,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDEC61

secondary

#4536BB

accent

#0BDB21

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF4

border

#D6D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDEC61

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

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