#DDD299#DDD299

#DDD299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.075 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD299
RGB	rgb(221, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -4.77, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 30.06, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0111 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.075 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.6157, 63.7666, 39.3513)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD299 #99A4DD

analogous

#DDB099 #DDD299 #C6DD99

triadic

#DDD299 #99DDD2 #D299DD

tetradic

#DDD299 #99DDB0 #99A4DD #DD99C6

square

#DDD299 #99DDB0 #99A4DD #DD99C6

split-complementary

#DDD299 #99C6DD #B099DD

monochromatic

#BDA83F #CEBE6B #DDD299 #ECE6C7 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DDD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DDD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD299

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD299	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.075 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dfb7',
    500: '#ddd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd299;
$custom-light: #e8dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85907,
    "c": 0.07515,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD299

secondary

#6572B5

accent

#40BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD299

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

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