#DDD797#DDD797

#DDD797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.083 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD797
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 151)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -7.57, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 33.27, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0193 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.083 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7057, 66.2086, 38.9065)
Luminance	0.6621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD797 #979DDD

analogous

#DDB497 #DDD797 #C0DD97

triadic

#DDD797 #97DDD7 #D797DD

tetradic

#DDD797 #97DDB4 #979DDD #DD97C0

square

#DDD797 #97DDB4 #979DDD #DD97C0

split-complementary

#DDD797 #97C0DD #B497DD

monochromatic

#BCB13D #CEC569 #DDD797 #ECE9C5 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DDD797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD797

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD797	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	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)

#E2D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.083 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b6',
    500: '#ddd797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd797;
$custom-light: #e8e3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86892,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD797

secondary

#636AB5

accent

#34BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD797

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

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