#DDC262#DDC262

#DDC262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.120 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC262
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -2.12, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 51.14, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0081 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.12 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3172, 54.8400, 19.4350)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC262 #627DDD

analogous

#DD8462 #DDC262 #BBDD62

triadic

#DDC262 #62DDC2 #C262DD

tetradic

#DDC262 #62DD84 #627DDD #DD62BB

square

#DDC262 #62DD84 #627DDD #DD62BB

split-complementary

#DDC262 #62BBDD #8462DD

monochromatic

#A28623 #D2AE30 #DDC262 #E8D694 #F3E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#DDC262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#DDC262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC262

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC262	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.120 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead491',
    500: '#ddc262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc262;
$custom-light: #ead491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81786,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC262

secondary

#3E55A5

accent

#41CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC262

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

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