#DDC466#DDC466

#DDC466 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.118 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC466
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 53.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -2.84, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 49.93, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0097 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.118 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9589, 55.8136, 20.6040)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC466 #667FDD

analogous

#DD8866 #DDC466 #BADD66

triadic

#DDC466 #66DDC4 #C466DD

tetradic

#DDC466 #66DD88 #667FDD #DD66BA

square

#DDC466 #66DD88 #667FDD #DD66BA

split-complementary

#DDC466 #66BADD #8866DD

monochromatic

#A48924 #D2B134 #DDC466 #E8D798 #F3EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#DDC466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#DDC466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC466

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC466	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)

#D5C05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.118 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead594',
    500: '#ddc466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc466;
$custom-light: #ead594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82242,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC466

secondary

#4056A7

accent

#3FCB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC466

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

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