#DDC662#DDC662

#DDC662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.123 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC662
RGB	rgb(221, 198, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -4.19, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 52.46, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0141 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.123 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2194, 56.6444, 19.7358)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC662 #6279DD

analogous

#DD8862 #DDC662 #B7DD62

triadic

#DDC662 #62DDC6 #C662DD

tetradic

#DDC662 #62DD88 #6279DD #DD62B7

square

#DDC662 #62DD88 #6279DD #DD62B7

split-complementary

#DDC662 #62B7DD #8862DD

monochromatic

#A28A23 #D2B430 #DDC662 #E8D894 #F3EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#DDC662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#DDC662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC662

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC662	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 198, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.123 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead791',
    500: '#ddc662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc662;
$custom-light: #ead791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.826,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC662

secondary

#3E52A5

accent

#3BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC662

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

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