#DDC146#DDC146

#DDC146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC146
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -3.44, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 63.00, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0152 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.142 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9967, 53.9568, 13.5744)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC146 #4662DD

analogous

#DD7646 #DDC146 #AEDD46

triadic

#DDC146 #46DDC1 #C146DD

tetradic

#DDC146 #46DD76 #4662DD #DD46AE

square

#DDC146 #46DD76 #4662DD #DD46AE

split-complementary

#DDC146 #46AEDD #7646DD

monochromatic

#8E791A #C2A524 #DDC146 #E7D27A #F0E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#DDC146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#DDC146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC146

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC146	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd380',
    500: '#ddc146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc146;
$custom-light: #ebd380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81299,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC146

secondary

#344594

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC146

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

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