#DDD596#DDD596

#DDD596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.082 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD596
RGB	rgb(221, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -6.68, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 32.88, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0167 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.082 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1186, 65.1640, 38.3119)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD596 #969EDD

analogous

#DDB196 #DDD596 #C2DD96

triadic

#DDD596 #96DDD5 #D596DD

tetradic

#DDD596 #96DDB1 #969EDD #DD96C2

square

#DDD596 #96DDB1 #969EDD #DD96C2

split-complementary

#DDD596 #96C2DD #B196DD

monochromatic

#BCAD3D #CEC368 #DDD596 #ECE7C4 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DDD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DDD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD596

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD596	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)

#E0D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.082 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1b5',
    500: '#ddd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd596;
$custom-light: #e8e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86463,
    "c": 0.08192,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD596

secondary

#626CB5

accent

#38BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD596

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

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