#DDCA46#DDCA46

#DDCA46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.149 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCA46
RGB	rgb(221, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -8.05, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 65.78, 97.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0283 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.149 101)
XYZ	xyz(52.0471, 58.0577, 14.2579)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCA46 #4659DD

analogous

#DD7E46 #DDCA46 #A5DD46

triadic

#DDCA46 #46DDCA #CA46DD

tetradic

#DDCA46 #46DD7E #4659DD #DD46A5

square

#DDCA46 #46DD7E #4659DD #DD46A5

split-complementary

#DDCA46 #46A5DD #7E46DD

monochromatic

#8E801A #C2AE24 #DDCA46 #E7D97A #F0E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#DDCA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#DDCA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCA46

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCA46	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.149 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebd981',
    500: '#ddca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddca46;
$custom-light: #ebd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83149,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCA46

secondary

#344094

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCA46

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

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