#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
RGB	rgb(221, 205, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 68.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -9.58, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 66.77, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0327 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.151 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.7578, 59.4792, 14.4948)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##DDCD46	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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