#DDD39B#DDD39B

#DDD39B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.074 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD39B
RGB	rgb(221, 211, 155)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 29.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -5.03, 29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 29.47, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0118 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.074 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0299, 64.3286, 40.3111)
Luminance	0.6433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD39B #9BA5DD

analogous

#DDB29B #DDD39B #C6DD9B

triadic

#DDD39B #9BDDD3 #D39BDD

tetradic

#DDD39B #9BDDB2 #9BA5DD #DD9BC6

square

#DDD39B #9BDDB2 #9BA5DD #DD9BC6

split-complementary

#DDD39B #9BC6DD #B29BDD

monochromatic

#BDAA40 #CDBF6D #DDD39B #EDE7C9 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DDD39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DDD39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD39B

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD39B	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 211, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.074 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e0b9',
    500: '#ddd39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd39b;
$custom-light: #e8e0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8615,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD39B

secondary

#6773B5

accent

#3FBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD39B

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

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