#DDCC62#DDCC62

#DDCC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCC62
RGB	rgb(221, 204, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -7.27, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 54.58, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.83% -0.023 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.83% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.6181, 59.4418, 20.2020)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCC62 #6273DD

analogous

#DD8E62 #DDCC62 #B1DD62

triadic

#DDCC62 #62DDCC #CC62DD

tetradic

#DDCC62 #62DD8E #6273DD #DD62B1

square

#DDCC62 #62DD8E #6273DD #DD62B1

split-complementary

#DDCC62 #62B1DD #8E62DD

monochromatic

#A29023 #D2BC30 #DDCC62 #E8DC94 #F3EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#DDCC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#DDCC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCC62

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCC62	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 204, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadb92',
    500: '#ddcc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcc62;
$custom-light: #eadb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83832,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCC62

secondary

#3E4DA5

accent

#32CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCC62

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

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