#DDC362#DDC362

#DDC362 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.121 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC362
RGB	rgb(221, 195, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -2.64, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 51.46, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0096 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.121 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5405, 55.2866, 19.5094)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC362 #627CDD

analogous

#DD8562 #DDC362 #BADD62

triadic

#DDC362 #62DDC3 #C362DD

tetradic

#DDC362 #62DD85 #627CDD #DD62BA

square

#DDC362 #62DD85 #627CDD #DD62BA

split-complementary

#DDC362 #62BADD #8562DD

monochromatic

#A28723 #D2B030 #DDC362 #E8D694 #F3E9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#DDC362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC362

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC362	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 195, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.121 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead491',
    500: '#ddc362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc362;
$custom-light: #ead491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC362

secondary

#3E54A5

accent

#3FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC362

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

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