#DDC474#DDC474

#DDC474 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.104 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC474
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 47.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -1.61, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 43.23, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0047 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.104 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.7128, 56.1152, 24.5743)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC474 #748DDD

analogous

#DD8F74 #DDC474 #C1DD74

triadic

#DDC474 #74DDC4 #C474DD

tetradic

#DDC474 #74DD8F #748DDD #DD74C1

square

#DDC474 #74DD8F #748DDD #DD74C1

split-complementary

#DDC474 #74C1DD #8F74DD

monochromatic

#AC8D2A #D1AF43 #DDC474 #E9D9A5 #F5EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#DDC474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC474

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC474	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.104 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59d',
    500: '#ddc474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc474;
$custom-light: #e9d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82433,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC474

secondary

#475FAF

accent

#46C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC474

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

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