#DDD899#DDD899

#DDD899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.082 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD899
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -7.83, 31.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 32.71, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0199 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.082 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1249, 66.7850, 39.8543)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD899 #999EDD

analogous

#DDB699 #DDD899 #C0DD99

triadic

#DDD899 #99DDD8 #D899DD

tetradic

#DDD899 #99DDB6 #999EDD #DD99C0

square

#DDD899 #99DDB6 #999EDD #DD99C0

split-complementary

#DDD899 #99C0DD #B699DD

monochromatic

#BDB33F #CEC66B #DDD899 #ECEAC7 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DDD899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD899

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD899	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.082 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b7',
    500: '#ddd899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd899;
$custom-light: #e8e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87135,
    "c": 0.08169,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD899

secondary

#656BB5

accent

#33BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD899

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

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