#DDD699#DDD699

#DDD699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.079 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD699
RGB	rgb(221, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -6.82, 31.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 31.80, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.017 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.079 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6156, 65.7665, 39.6846)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD699 #99A0DD

analogous

#DDB499 #DDD699 #C2DD99

triadic

#DDD699 #99DDD6 #D699DD

tetradic

#DDD699 #99DDB4 #99A0DD #DD99C2

square

#DDD699 #99DDB4 #99A0DD #DD99C2

split-complementary

#DDD699 #99C2DD #B499DD

monochromatic

#BDB03F #CEC46B #DDD699 #ECE8C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#DDD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD699

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD699	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)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.079 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e2b7',
    500: '#ddd699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd699;
$custom-light: #e8e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86724,
    "c": 0.07943,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD699

secondary

#656DB5

accent

#38BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD699

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

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