#DDC46A#DDC46A

#DDC46A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.114 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC46A
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 106)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 52%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -2.51, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 48.04, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0083 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.114 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1621, 55.8949, 21.6741)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC46A #6A83DD

analogous

#DD8B6A #DDC46A #BCDD6A

triadic

#DDC46A #6ADDC4 #C46ADD

tetradic

#DDC46A #6ADD8B #6A83DD #DD6ABC

square

#DDC46A #6ADD8B #6A83DD #DD6ABC

split-complementary

#DDC46A #6ABCDD #8B6ADD

monochromatic

#A78B26 #D2B038 #DDC46A #E8D89C #F4EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC46A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#DDC46A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC46A

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC46A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC46A	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc46a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.114 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead597',
    500: '#ddc46a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc46a;
$custom-light: #ead597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc46a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82293,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC46A

secondary

#4258A9

accent

#41CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC46A

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

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