#DDD962#DDD962

#DDD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.141 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD962
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 55.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -13.82, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 59.60, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0417 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.141 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.8379, 65.8814, 21.2752)
Luminance	0.6588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD962 #6266DD

analogous

#DD9C62 #DDD962 #A3DD62

triadic

#DDD962 #62DDD9 #D962DD

tetradic

#DDD962 #62DD9C #6266DD #DD62A3

square

#DDD962 #62DD9C #6266DD #DD62A3

split-complementary

#DDD962 #62A3DD #9C62DD

monochromatic

#A29D23 #D2CD30 #DDD962 #E8E594 #F3F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DDD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD962

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD962	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.141 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae492',
    500: '#ddd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd962;
$custom-light: #eae492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86535,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD962

secondary

#3E42A5

accent

#1FCC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD962

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

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