#DDD462#DDD462

#DDD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.136 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD462
RGB	rgb(221, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -11.32, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 57.60, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0346 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.136 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5686, 63.3428, 20.8521)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD462 #626BDD

analogous

#DD9762 #DDD462 #A8DD62

triadic

#DDD462 #62DDD4 #D462DD

tetradic

#DDD462 #62DD97 #626BDD #DD62A8

square

#DDD462 #62DD97 #626BDD #DD62A8

split-complementary

#DDD462 #62A8DD #9762DD

monochromatic

#A29823 #D2C630 #DDD462 #E8E294 #F3F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DDD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD462

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD462	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.136 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae192',
    500: '#ddd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd462;
$custom-light: #eae192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8549,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD462

secondary

#3E46A5

accent

#26CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD462

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

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