#DDC472#DDC472

#DDC472 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.106 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC472
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 48.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -1.80, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 44.20, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0054 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.106 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5977, 56.0691, 23.9682)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC472 #728BDD

analogous

#DD8E72 #DDC472 #C1DD72

triadic

#DDC472 #72DDC4 #C472DD

tetradic

#DDC472 #72DD8E #728BDD #DD72C1

square

#DDC472 #72DD8E #728BDD #DD72C1

split-complementary

#DDC472 #72C1DD #8E72DD

monochromatic

#AB8D29 #D1AF41 #DDC472 #E9D9A3 #F5EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DDC472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC472

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC472	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.106 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59c',
    500: '#ddc472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc472;
$custom-light: #e9d59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.981,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82404,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC472

secondary

#465EAE

accent

#45C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC472

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

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