#DDD595#DDD595

#DDD595 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.083 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD595
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 149)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -6.80, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 33.39, 101.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0171 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.083 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0385, 65.1319, 37.8896)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD595 #959DDD

analogous

#DDB195 #DDD595 #C1DD95

triadic

#DDD595 #95DDD5 #D595DD

tetradic

#DDD595 #95DDB1 #959DDD #DD95C1

square

#DDD595 #95DDB1 #959DDD #DD95C1

split-complementary

#DDD595 #95C1DD #B195DD

monochromatic

#BBAD3C #CEC367 #DDD595 #ECE7C3 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DDD595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD595

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD595	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.083 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b4',
    500: '#ddd595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd595;
$custom-light: #e8e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86445,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD595

secondary

#616BB5

accent

#38BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD595

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

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