#DDCB62#DDCB62

#DDCB62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCB62
RGB	rgb(221, 203, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -6.76, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 54.21, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0215 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.3812, 58.9680, 20.1230)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCB62 #6274DD

analogous

#DD8E62 #DDCB62 #B1DD62

triadic

#DDCB62 #62DDCB #CB62DD

tetradic

#DDCB62 #62DD8E #6274DD #DD62B1

square

#DDCB62 #62DD8E #6274DD #DD62B1

split-complementary

#DDCB62 #62B1DD #8E62DD

monochromatic

#A28F23 #D2BA30 #DDCB62 #E8DC94 #F3ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#DDCB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#DDCB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCB62

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCB62	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcb62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 203, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eada92',
    500: '#ddcb62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcb62;
$custom-light: #eada92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcb62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83626,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCB62

secondary

#3E4DA5

accent

#33CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCB62

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

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