#DDD96D#DDD96D

#DDD96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.131 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD96D
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -12.94, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 54.63, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.038 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.131 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3934, 66.1036, 24.2010)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD96D #6D71DD

analogous

#DDA16D #DDD96D #A9DD6D

triadic

#DDD96D #6DDDD9 #D96DDD

tetradic

#DDD96D #6DDDA1 #6D71DD #DD6DA9

square

#DDD96D #6DDDA1 #6D71DD #DD6DA9

split-complementary

#DDD96D #6DA9DD #A16DDD

monochromatic

#A8A427 #D1CC3B #DDD96D #E9E69F #F4F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DDD96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD96D

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD96D	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)

#E8D263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.131 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae499',
    500: '#ddd96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd96d;
$custom-light: #eae499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 62.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86662,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD96D

secondary

#4347AB

accent

#22CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD96D

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

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