#DDCE97#DDCE97

#DDCE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.074 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE97
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -2.96, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 29.45, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.006 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.074 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4767, 61.7507, 38.1635)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE97 #97A6DD

analogous

#DDAB97 #DDCE97 #C9DD97

triadic

#DDCE97 #97DDCE #CE97DD

tetradic

#DDCE97 #97DDAB #97A6DD #DD97C9

square

#DDCE97 #97DDAB #97A6DD #DD97C9

split-complementary

#DDCE97 #97C9DD #AB97DD

monochromatic

#BCA13D #CEB869 #DDCE97 #ECE4C5 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDCE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#DDCE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE97

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE97	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.074 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb6',
    500: '#ddce97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce97;
$custom-light: #e8dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85056,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE97

secondary

#6375B5

accent

#48BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE97

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

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