#DDD162#DDD162

#DDD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.133 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD162
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -9.81, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 56.44, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0302 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.133 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.8257, 61.8568, 20.6045)
Luminance	0.6186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD162 #626EDD

analogous

#DD9362 #DDD162 #ACDD62

triadic

#DDD162 #62DDD1 #D162DD

tetradic

#DDD162 #62DD93 #626EDD #DD62AC

square

#DDD162 #62DD93 #626EDD #DD62AC

split-complementary

#DDD162 #62ACDD #9362DD

monochromatic

#A29523 #D2C230 #DDD162 #E8E094 #F3EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DDD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD162

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD162	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.133 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade92',
    500: '#ddd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd162;
$custom-light: #eade92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84866,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD162

secondary

#3E48A5

accent

#2BCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD162

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

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