#DDC046#DDC046

#DDC046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC046
RGB	rgb(221, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -2.92, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 62.71, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0137 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7764, 53.5162, 13.5010)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC046 #4663DD

analogous

#DD7546 #DDC046 #AEDD46

triadic

#DDC046 #46DDC0 #C046DD

tetradic

#DDC046 #46DD75 #4663DD #DD46AE

square

#DDC046 #46DD75 #4663DD #DD46AE

split-complementary

#DDC046 #46AEDD #7546DD

monochromatic

#8E781A #C2A424 #DDC046 #E7D27A #F0E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#DDC046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#DDC046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC046

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC046	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd280',
    500: '#ddc046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc046;
$custom-light: #ebd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81095,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC046

secondary

#344694

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC046

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

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