#DDC460#DDC460

#DDC460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.123 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC460
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 56.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -3.31, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 52.71, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0118 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.123 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6721, 55.6989, 19.0933)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC460 #6079DD

analogous

#DD8660 #DDC460 #B8DD60

triadic

#DDC460 #60DDC4 #C460DD

tetradic

#DDC460 #60DD86 #6079DD #DD60B8

square

#DDC460 #60DD86 #6079DD #DD60B8

split-complementary

#DDC460 #60B8DD #8660DD

monochromatic

#A08722 #D2B12E #DDC460 #E8D792 #F3E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#DDC460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC460

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC460	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.123 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead590',
    500: '#ddc460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc460;
$custom-light: #ead590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82169,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC460

secondary

#3E52A4

accent

#3DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC460

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

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