#DDC862#DDC862

#DDC862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC862
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -5.22, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 53.15, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0171 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6796, 57.5648, 19.8891)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC862 #6277DD

analogous

#DD8A62 #DDC862 #B5DD62

triadic

#DDC862 #62DDC8 #C862DD

tetradic

#DDC862 #62DD8A #6277DD #DD62B5

square

#DDC862 #62DD8A #6277DD #DD62B5

split-complementary

#DDC862 #62B5DD #8A62DD

monochromatic

#A28C23 #D2B630 #DDC862 #E8DA94 #F3EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#DDC862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#DDC862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC862

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC862	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead892',
    500: '#ddc862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc862;
$custom-light: #ead892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8301,
    "c": 0.12474,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC862

secondary

#3E50A5

accent

#38CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC862

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

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