#DDD688#DDD688

#DDD688 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.099 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD688
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 136)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 38.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -8.81, 39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 40.35, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0237 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.099 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3102, 65.2443, 32.8095)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD688 #888FDD

analogous

#DDAC88 #DDD688 #B9DD88

triadic

#DDD688 #88DDD6 #D688DD

tetradic

#DDD688 #88DDAC #888FDD #DD88B9

square

#DDD688 #88DDAC #888FDD #DD88B9

split-complementary

#DDD688 #88B9DD #AC88DD

monochromatic

#B6AC34 #CFC658 #DDD688 #EBE6B8 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DDD688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD688

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD688	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.099 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e2ab',
    500: '#ddd688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd688;
$custom-light: #e9e2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86425,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD688

secondary

#555DB4

accent

#30C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD688

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

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