#DDC46C#DDC46C

#DDC46C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.112 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC46C
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 108)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -2.34, 47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 47.08, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0076 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.112 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2673, 55.9370, 22.2282)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC46C #6C85DD

analogous

#DD8C6C #DDC46C #BDDD6C

triadic

#DDC46C #6CDDC4 #C46CDD

tetradic

#DDC46C #6CDD8C #6C85DD #DD6CBD

square

#DDC46C #6CDD8C #6C85DD #DD6CBD

split-complementary

#DDC46C #6CBDDD #8C6CDD

monochromatic

#A88B27 #D2B03A #DDC46C #E8D89E #F4ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC46C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#DDC46C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC46C

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC46C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC46C	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc46c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.112 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead598',
    500: '#ddc46c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc46c;
$custom-light: #ead598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc46c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.726,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8232,
    "c": 0.112,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC46C

secondary

#435AAA

accent

#42CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC46C

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

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