#DDC464#DDC464

#DDC464 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.120 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC464
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 100)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -3.00, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 50.86, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0104 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.12 95)
XYZ	xyz(51.8609, 55.7744, 20.0879)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC464 #647DDD

analogous

#DD8764 #DDC464 #BADD64

triadic

#DDC464 #64DDC4 #C464DD

tetradic

#DDC464 #64DD87 #647DDD #DD64BA

square

#DDC464 #64DD87 #647DDD #DD64BA

split-complementary

#DDC464 #64BADD #8764DD

monochromatic

#A38924 #D2B132 #DDC464 #E8D796 #F3EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#DDC464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC464

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC464	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)

#D5C05B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.120 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead593',
    500: '#ddc464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc464;
$custom-light: #ead593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82217,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.55772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC464

secondary

#3F54A6

accent

#3ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC464

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

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