#DDC846#DDC846

#DDC846 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.147 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC846
RGB	rgb(221, 200, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -7.03, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 65.14, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0254 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.147 100)
XYZ	xyz(51.5809, 57.1253, 14.1025)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC846 #465BDD

analogous

#DD7D46 #DDC846 #A6DD46

triadic

#DDC846 #46DDC8 #C846DD

tetradic

#DDC846 #46DD7D #465BDD #DD46A6

square

#DDC846 #46DD7D #465BDD #DD46A6

split-complementary

#DDC846 #46A6DD #7D46DD

monochromatic

#8E7E1A #C2AC24 #DDC846 #E7D77A #F0E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#DDC846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#DDC846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC846

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC846	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 200, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.147 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd881',
    500: '#ddc846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc846;
$custom-light: #ebd881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82735,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.57123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC846

secondary

#344194

accent

#54EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC846

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

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