#DDD96B#DDD96B

#DDD96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.133 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD96B
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 51.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -13.11, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 55.55, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0387 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.133 107)
XYZ	xyz(57.2870, 66.0610, 23.6404)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD96B #6B6FDD

analogous

#DDA06B #DDD96B #A8DD6B

triadic

#DDD96B #6BDDD9 #D96BDD

tetradic

#DDD96B #6BDDA0 #6B6FDD #DD6BA8

square

#DDD96B #6BDDA0 #6B6FDD #DD6BA8

split-complementary

#DDD96B #6BA8DD #A06BDD

monochromatic

#A7A326 #D2CC39 #DDD96B #E8E69D #F4F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DDD96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD96B

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD96B	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.133 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae498',
    500: '#ddd96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd96b;
$custom-light: #eae498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 62.637,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86638,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.66059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD96B

secondary

#4246AA

accent

#21CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD96B

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

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