#DDD698#DDD698

#DDD698 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.081 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD698
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 152)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 31.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -6.94, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 32.31, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0174 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.081 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5334, 65.7336, 39.2514)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD698 #989FDD

analogous

#DDB398 #DDD698 #C1DD98

triadic

#DDD698 #98DDD6 #D698DD

tetradic

#DDD698 #98DDB3 #989FDD #DD98C1

square

#DDD698 #98DDB3 #989FDD #DD98C1

split-complementary

#DDD698 #98C1DD #B398DD

monochromatic

#BCB03E #CEC46A #DDD698 #ECE8C6 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DDD698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD698

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD698	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.081 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b7',
    500: '#ddd698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd698;
$custom-light: #e8e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 50.365,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86706,
    "c": 0.08063,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD698

secondary

#646CB5

accent

#37BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD698

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

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