#DDD196#DDD196

#DDD196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.078 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD196
RGB	rgb(221, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -4.63, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 31.17, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0108 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.078 98)
XYZ	xyz(58.1249, 63.1765, 37.9807)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD196 #96A2DD

analogous

#DDAD96 #DDD196 #C5DD96

triadic

#DDD196 #96DDD1 #D196DD

tetradic

#DDD196 #96DDAD #96A2DD #DD96C5

square

#DDD196 #96DDAD #96A2DD #DD96C5

split-complementary

#DDD196 #96C5DD #AD96DD

monochromatic

#BCA63D #CEBD68 #DDD196 #ECE5C4 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DDD196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DDD196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD196

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD196	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.078 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb5',
    500: '#ddd196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd196;
$custom-light: #e8dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85646,
    "c": 0.07771,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.63175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD196

secondary

#6270B5

accent

#41BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD196

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

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