#DDC562#DDC562

#DDC562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.122 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC562
RGB	rgb(221, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -3.67, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 52.13, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0126 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.122 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9916, 56.1888, 19.6598)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC562 #627ADD

analogous

#DD8862 #DDC562 #B7DD62

triadic

#DDC562 #62DDC5 #C562DD

tetradic

#DDC562 #62DD88 #627ADD #DD62B7

square

#DDC562 #62DD88 #627ADD #DD62B7

split-complementary

#DDC562 #62B7DD #8862DD

monochromatic

#A28923 #D2B230 #DDC562 #E8D894 #F3EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#DDC562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC562

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC562	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.122 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead691',
    500: '#ddc562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc562;
$custom-light: #ead691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82396,
    "c": 0.12228,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC562

secondary

#3E52A5

accent

#3CCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC562

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

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