#DDD696#DDD696

#DDD696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.083 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD696
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -7.19, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 33.33, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0182 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.083 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3709, 65.6686, 38.3960)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD696 #969DDD

analogous

#DDB396 #DDD696 #C0DD96

triadic

#DDD696 #96DDD6 #D696DD

tetradic

#DDD696 #96DDB3 #969DDD #DD96C0

square

#DDD696 #96DDB3 #969DDD #DD96C0

split-complementary

#DDD696 #96C0DD #B396DD

monochromatic

#BCAF3D #CEC468 #DDD696 #ECE8C4 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DDD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD696

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD696	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.083 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b5',
    500: '#ddd696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd696;
$custom-light: #e8e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86668,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD696

secondary

#626AB5

accent

#36BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD696

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

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