#DDC463#DDC463

#DDC463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.121 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC463
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 55.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -3.08, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 51.33, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0108 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.121 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8128, 55.7552, 19.8346)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC463 #637CDD

analogous

#DD8763 #DDC463 #B9DD63

triadic

#DDC463 #63DDC4 #C463DD

tetradic

#DDC463 #63DD87 #637CDD #DD63B9

square

#DDC463 #63DD87 #637CDD #DD63B9

split-complementary

#DDC463 #63B9DD #8763DD

monochromatic

#A28823 #D2B131 #DDC463 #E8D795 #F3EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DDC463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC463

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC463	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.121 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead592',
    500: '#ddc463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc463;
$custom-light: #ead592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82205,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC463

secondary

#3F54A5

accent

#3ECC19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC463

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

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