#DDC476#DDC476

#DDC476 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.102 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC476
RGB	rgb(221, 196, 118)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 46.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -1.42, 42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 42.25, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0039 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.102 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8304, 56.1622, 25.1936)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC476 #768FDD

analogous

#DD9176 #DDC476 #C3DD76

triadic

#DDC476 #76DDC4 #C476DD

tetradic

#DDC476 #76DD91 #768FDD #DD76C3

square

#DDC476 #76DD91 #768FDD #DD76C3

split-complementary

#DDC476 #76C3DD #9176DD

monochromatic

#AE8E2B #D1AF45 #DDC476 #E9D9A7 #F5EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DDC476 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#DDC476 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC476

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC476	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC476	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBB9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc476;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 196, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.102 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d59f',
    500: '#ddc476',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc476;
$custom-light: #e9d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc476",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82463,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC476

secondary

#4761B0

accent

#47C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC476

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

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