#DDC246#DDC246

#DDC246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC246
RGB	rgb(221, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -3.95, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 63.30, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0167 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.143 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2185, 54.4005, 13.6483)
Luminance	0.5440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC246 #4661DD

analogous

#DD7746 #DDC246 #ACDD46

triadic

#DDC246 #46DDC2 #C246DD

tetradic

#DDC246 #46DD77 #4661DD #DD46AC

square

#DDC246 #46DD77 #4661DD #DD46AC

split-complementary

#DDC246 #46ACDD #7746DD

monochromatic

#8E7A1A #C2A624 #DDC246 #E7D37A #F0E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#DDC246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#DDC246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC246

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC246	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd480',
    500: '#ddc246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc246;
$custom-light: #ebd480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81503,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC246

secondary

#344594

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC246

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

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