#DDD97A#DDD97A

#DDD97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.118 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD97A
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 44.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -11.76, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 48.51, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0334 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.118 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1457, 66.4045, 28.1630)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD97A #7A7EDD

analogous

#DDA87A #DDD97A #AFDD7A

triadic

#DDD97A #7ADDD9 #D97ADD

tetradic

#DDD97A #7ADDA8 #7A7EDD #DD7AAF

square

#DDD97A #7ADDA8 #7A7EDD #DD7AAF

split-complementary

#DDD97A #7AAFDD #A87ADD

monochromatic

#B0AA2D #D1CB49 #DDD97A #E9E7AB #F6F5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#DDD97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD97A

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD97A	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.118 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a2',
    500: '#ddd97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd97a;
$custom-light: #e9e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.576,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86834,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD97A

secondary

#494EB2

accent

#25C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD97A

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

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