#DDD862#DDD862

#DDD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.140 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD862
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -13.32, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 59.19, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0403 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.14 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5809, 65.3674, 21.1896)
Luminance	0.6537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD862 #6267DD

analogous

#DD9A62 #DDD862 #A4DD62

triadic

#DDD862 #62DDD8 #D862DD

tetradic

#DDD862 #62DD9A #6267DD #DD62A4

square

#DDD862 #62DD9A #6267DD #DD62A4

split-complementary

#DDD862 #62A4DD #9A62DD

monochromatic

#A29C23 #D2CC30 #DDD862 #E8E494 #F3F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DDD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD862

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD862	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.140 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae392',
    500: '#ddd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd862;
$custom-light: #eae392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86326,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD862

secondary

#3E43A5

accent

#21CC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD862

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

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