#DDCE96#DDCE96

#DDCE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.075 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE96
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -3.08, 29.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 29.95, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0064 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.075 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3958, 61.7183, 37.7376)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE96 #96A5DD

analogous

#DDAA96 #DDCE96 #C8DD96

triadic

#DDCE96 #96DDCE #CE96DD

tetradic

#DDCE96 #96DDAA #96A5DD #DD96C8

square

#DDCE96 #96DDAA #96A5DD #DD96C8

split-complementary

#DDCE96 #96C8DD #AA96DD

monochromatic

#BCA13D #CEB868 #DDCE96 #ECE4C4 #F8F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDCE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#DDCE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE96

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE96	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.075 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb5',
    500: '#ddce96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce96;
$custom-light: #e8dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85037,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE96

secondary

#6274B5

accent

#47BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE96

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

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