#DDCE99#DDCE99

#DDCE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.071 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE99
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -2.71, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 28.43, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0052 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.071 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.6405, 61.8162, 39.0262)
Luminance	0.6181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE99 #99A8DD

analogous

#DDAC99 #DDCE99 #CADD99

triadic

#DDCE99 #99DDCE #CE99DD

tetradic

#DDCE99 #99DDAC #99A8DD #DD99CA

square

#DDCE99 #99DDAC #99A8DD #DD99CA

split-complementary

#DDCE99 #99CADD #AC99DD

monochromatic

#BDA13F #CEB86B #DDCE99 #ECE4C7 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DDCE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#DDCE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE99

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE99	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.071 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcb7',
    500: '#ddce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce99;
$custom-light: #e8dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85095,
    "c": 0.07123,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE99

secondary

#6577B5

accent

#49BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE99

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

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