#DDC462#DDC462

#DDC462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.121 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC462
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -3.16, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 51.79, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.0111 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.121 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7653, 55.7362, 19.5844)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC462 #627BDD

analogous

#DD8762 #DDC462 #B8DD62

triadic

#DDC462 #62DDC4 #C462DD

tetradic

#DDC462 #62DD87 #627BDD #DD62B8

square

#DDC462 #62DD87 #627BDD #DD62B8

split-complementary

#DDC462 #62B8DD #8762DD

monochromatic

#A28823 #D2B130 #DDC462 #E8D794 #F3EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DDC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC462

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC462	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.121 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead591',
    500: '#ddc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc462;
$custom-light: #ead591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.805,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82192,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC462

secondary

#3E53A5

accent

#3ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC462

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

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