#DDD799#DDD799

#DDD799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.081 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD799
RGB	rgb(221, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -7.32, 31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 32.25, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0185 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.081 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8695, 66.2742, 39.7692)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD799 #999FDD

analogous

#DDB599 #DDD799 #C1DD99

triadic

#DDD799 #99DDD7 #D799DD

tetradic

#DDD799 #99DDB5 #999FDD #DD99C1

square

#DDD799 #99DDB5 #999FDD #DD99C1

split-complementary

#DDD799 #99C1DD #B599DD

monochromatic

#BDB23F #CEC56B #DDD799 #ECE9C7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DDD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD799

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD799	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.081 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e3b7',
    500: '#ddd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd799;
$custom-light: #e8e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86929,
    "c": 0.08056,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD799

secondary

#656CB5

accent

#35BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD799

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

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