#DDCD46#DDCD46

#DDCD46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.151 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#DDCD46
RGBrgb(221, 205, 70)
HSLhsl(54, 69%, 57%)
HSVhsv(54, 68%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7.2%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(81.55, -9.58, 66.08)
CIE-LCHlch(81.55, 66.77, 98.25°)
OKLaboklab(83.77% -0.0327 0.1477)
OKLCHoklch(83.77% 0.151 102.5)
XYZxyz(52.7578, 59.4792, 14.4948)
Luminance0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#DDCD46 #4656DD
analogous
#DD8146 #DDCD46 #A2DD46
triadic
#DDCD46 #46DDCD #CD46DD
tetradic
#DDCD46 #46DD81 #4656DD #DD46A2
square
#DDCD46 #46DD81 #4656DD #DD46A2
split-complementary
#DDCD46 #46A2DD #8146DD
monochromatic
#8E821A #C2B124 #DDCD46 #E7DB7A #F0E9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63
#DDCD46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90
#DDCD46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCD46
12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##DDCD46#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##DDCD461.001.6312.9012.90
#FFFFFF1.631.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9021.001.001.00
##00000012.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC732
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4CE4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#EDBFB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #ddcd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 205, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.151 102.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdb81',
    500: '#ddcd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #ddcd46;
$custom-light: #ebdb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#ddcd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.642,
    "s": 68.95,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83771,
    "c": 0.1513,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#DDCD46
secondary
#343E94
accent
#4FEC3C
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17150B
muted
#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCD46

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#DDCD46 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva