#DDD796#DDD796

#DDD796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.084 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD796
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -7.69, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 33.77, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0197 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.084 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.6248, 66.1763, 38.4806)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD796 #969CDD

analogous

#DDB496 #DDD796 #BFDD96

triadic

#DDD796 #96DDD7 #D796DD

tetradic

#DDD796 #96DDB4 #969CDD #DD96BF

square

#DDD796 #96DDB4 #969CDD #DD96BF

split-complementary

#DDD796 #96BFDD #B496DD

monochromatic

#BCB13D #CEC568 #DDD796 #ECE9C4 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DDD796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD796

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD796	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.084 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b5',
    500: '#ddd796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd796;
$custom-light: #e8e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86874,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD796

secondary

#6269B5

accent

#34BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD796

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

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