#DDD562#DDD562

#DDD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.137 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD562
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -11.82, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 58.00, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.036 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.137 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8194, 63.8443, 20.9357)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD562 #626ADD

analogous

#DD9862 #DDD562 #A7DD62

triadic

#DDD562 #62DDD5 #D562DD

tetradic

#DDD562 #62DD98 #626ADD #DD62A7

square

#DDD562 #62DD98 #626ADD #DD62A7

split-complementary

#DDD562 #62A7DD #9862DD

monochromatic

#A29923 #D2C830 #DDD562 #E8E294 #F3F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DDD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD562

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD562	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.137 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae192',
    500: '#ddd562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd562;
$custom-light: #eae192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85699,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD562

secondary

#3E45A5

accent

#25CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD562

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

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