#DDD96E#DDD96E

#DDD96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.130 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD96E
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -12.86, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 54.17, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0377 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.13 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4476, 66.1252, 24.4861)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD96E #6E72DD

analogous

#DDA26E #DDD96E #A9DD6E

triadic

#DDD96E #6EDDD9 #D96EDD

tetradic

#DDD96E #6EDDA2 #6E72DD #DD6EA9

square

#DDD96E #6EDDA2 #6E72DD #DD6EA9

split-complementary

#DDD96E #6EA9DD #A26EDD

monochromatic

#A9A428 #D1CC3C #DDD96E #E9E6A0 #F4F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DDD96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DDD96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD96E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD96E	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)

#E8D264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.130 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae49a',
    500: '#ddd96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd96e;
$custom-light: #eae49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 62.011,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86675,
    "c": 0.12976,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD96E

secondary

#4447AC

accent

#22CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD96E

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

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