#DDC162#DDC162

#DDC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.119 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC162
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -1.60, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 50.82, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0066 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.119 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0954, 54.3963, 19.3611)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC162 #627EDD

analogous

#DD8362 #DDC162 #BCDD62

triadic

#DDC162 #62DDC1 #C162DD

tetradic

#DDC162 #62DD83 #627EDD #DD62BC

square

#DDC162 #62DD83 #627EDD #DD62BC

split-complementary

#DDC162 #62BCDD #8362DD

monochromatic

#A28523 #D2AD30 #DDC162 #E8D594 #F3E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DDC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC162

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC162	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.119 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead391',
    500: '#ddc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc162;
$custom-light: #ead391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.341,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81583,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC162

secondary

#3E56A5

accent

#42CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC162

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

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