#DDD96C#DDD96C

#DDD96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.132 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD96C
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 51.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -13.03, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 55.09, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0384 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.132 107)
XYZ	xyz(57.3399, 66.0821, 23.9191)
Luminance	0.6608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD96C #6C70DD

analogous

#DDA16C #DDD96C #A9DD6C

triadic

#DDD96C #6CDDD9 #D96CDD

tetradic

#DDD96C #6CDDA1 #6C70DD #DD6CA9

square

#DDD96C #6CDDA1 #6C70DD #DD6CA9

split-complementary

#DDD96C #6CA9DD #A16CDD

monochromatic

#A8A327 #D2CC3A #DDD96C #E8E69E #F4F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DDD96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD96C

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD96C	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.132 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae499',
    500: '#ddd96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd96c;
$custom-light: #eae499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 62.431,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8665,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.66081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD96C

secondary

#4346AA

accent

#22CA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD96C

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

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