#DDD396#DDD396

#DDD396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.080 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD396
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -5.65, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 32.01, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0138 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.08 100)
XYZ	xyz(58.6187, 64.1641, 38.1453)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD396 #96A0DD

analogous

#DDAF96 #DDD396 #C4DD96

triadic

#DDD396 #96DDD3 #D396DD

tetradic

#DDD396 #96DDAF #96A0DD #DD96C4

square

#DDD396 #96DDAF #96A0DD #DD96C4

split-complementary

#DDD396 #96C4DD #AF96DD

monochromatic

#BCAA3D #CEC068 #DDD396 #ECE6C4 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DDD396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#DDD396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD396

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD396	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.080 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b5',
    500: '#ddd396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd396;
$custom-light: #e8e0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86054,
    "c": 0.07977,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.64163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD396

secondary

#626EB5

accent

#3CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD396

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

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