#DDCA62#DDCA62

#DDCA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA62
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -6.25, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 53.86, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.02 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.1458, 58.4972, 20.0445)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA62 #6275DD

analogous

#DD8D62 #DDCA62 #B2DD62

triadic

#DDCA62 #62DDCA #CA62DD

tetradic

#DDCA62 #62DD8D #6275DD #DD62B2

square

#DDCA62 #62DD8D #6275DD #DD62B2

split-complementary

#DDCA62 #62B2DD #8D62DD

monochromatic

#A28E23 #D2B930 #DDCA62 #E8DB94 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#DDCA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#DDCA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA62

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA62	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead992',
    500: '#ddca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca62;
$custom-light: #ead992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8342,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA62

secondary

#3E4EA5

accent

#35CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA62

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

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