#DDD896#DDD896

#DDD896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.085 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD896
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -8.20, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 34.22, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0211 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.085 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8802, 66.6871, 38.5658)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD896 #969BDD

analogous

#DDB596 #DDD896 #BEDD96

triadic

#DDD896 #96DDD8 #D896DD

tetradic

#DDD896 #96DDB5 #969BDD #DD96BE

square

#DDD896 #96DDB5 #969BDD #DD96BE

split-complementary

#DDD896 #96BEDD #B596DD

monochromatic

#BCB33D #CEC768 #DDD896 #ECE9C4 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DDD896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD896

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD896	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.085 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b5',
    500: '#ddd896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd896;
$custom-light: #e8e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87079,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD896

secondary

#6268B5

accent

#32BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD896

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

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