#DDCD62#DDCD62

#DDCD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCD62
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -7.78, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 54.94, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0244 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8566, 59.9187, 20.2815)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCD62 #6272DD

analogous

#DD8F62 #DDCD62 #B0DD62

triadic

#DDCD62 #62DDCD #CD62DD

tetradic

#DDCD62 #62DD8F #6272DD #DD62B0

square

#DDCD62 #62DD8F #6272DD #DD62B0

split-complementary

#DDCD62 #62B0DD #8F62DD

monochromatic

#A29123 #D2BD30 #DDCD62 #E8DD94 #F3EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#DDCD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#DDCD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD62

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCD62	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddcd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadc92',
    500: '#ddcd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddcd62;
$custom-light: #eadc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddcd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84038,
    "c": 0.12913,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCD62

secondary

#3E4CA5

accent

#31CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD62

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

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