#DDD697#DDD697

#DDD697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.082 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD697
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -7.06, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 32.82, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0178 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.082 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.4518, 65.7009, 38.8219)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD697 #979EDD

analogous

#DDB397 #DDD697 #C1DD97

triadic

#DDD697 #97DDD6 #D697DD

tetradic

#DDD697 #97DDB3 #979EDD #DD97C1

square

#DDD697 #97DDB3 #979EDD #DD97C1

split-complementary

#DDD697 #97C1DD #B397DD

monochromatic

#BCAF3D #CEC469 #DDD697 #ECE8C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DDD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#DDD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD697

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD697	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.082 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b6',
    500: '#ddd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd697;
$custom-light: #e8e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86687,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD697

secondary

#636BB5

accent

#36BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD697

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

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