#DDC962#DDC962

#DDC962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC962
RGB	rgb(221, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -5.73, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 53.50, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0185 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9120, 58.0295, 19.9666)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC962 #6276DD

analogous

#DD8C62 #DDC962 #B3DD62

triadic

#DDC962 #62DDC9 #C962DD

tetradic

#DDC962 #62DD8C #6276DD #DD62B3

square

#DDC962 #62DD8C #6276DD #DD62B3

split-complementary

#DDC962 #62B3DD #8C62DD

monochromatic

#A28D23 #D2B830 #DDC962 #E8DA94 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC962

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC962	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead992',
    500: '#ddc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc962;
$custom-light: #ead992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83215,
    "c": 0.1256,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC962

secondary

#3E4FA5

accent

#36CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC962

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

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