#DDD296#DDD296

#DDD296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.079 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD296
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -5.14, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 31.59, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0123 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.079 99)
XYZ	xyz(58.3710, 63.6688, 38.0627)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD296 #96A1DD

analogous

#DDAE96 #DDD296 #C5DD96

triadic

#DDD296 #96DDD2 #D296DD

tetradic

#DDD296 #96DDAE #96A1DD #DD96C5

square

#DDD296 #96DDAE #96A1DD #DD96C5

split-complementary

#DDD296 #96C5DD #AE96DD

monochromatic

#BCA83D #CEBE68 #DDD296 #ECE6C4 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#DDD296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD296

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD296	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.079 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb5',
    500: '#ddd296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd296;
$custom-light: #e8dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8585,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.63667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD296

secondary

#626FB5

accent

#3FBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD296

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

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