#DDC465#DDC465

#DDC465 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.119 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC465
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 54.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -2.92, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 50.40, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0101 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.119 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9096, 55.7939, 20.3444)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC465 #657EDD

analogous

#DD8865 #DDC465 #BADD65

triadic

#DDC465 #65DDC4 #C465DD

tetradic

#DDC465 #65DD88 #657EDD #DD65BA

square

#DDC465 #65DD88 #657EDD #DD65BA

split-complementary

#DDC465 #65BADD #8865DD

monochromatic

#A48924 #D2B133 #DDC465 #E8D797 #F3EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DDC465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC465

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC465	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.119 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead593',
    500: '#ddc465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc465;
$custom-light: #ead593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82229,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC465

secondary

#4055A7

accent

#3FCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC465

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

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