#DDD97C#DDD97C

#DDD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.116 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD97C
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 43.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -11.57, 46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 47.54, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0327 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.116 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2709, 66.4545, 28.8223)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD97C #7C80DD

analogous

#DDA97C #DDD97C #B0DD7C

triadic

#DDD97C #7CDDD9 #D97CDD

tetradic

#DDD97C #7CDDA9 #7C80DD #DD7CB0

square

#DDD97C #7CDDA9 #7C80DD #DD7CB0

split-complementary

#DDD97C #7CB0DD #A97CDD

monochromatic

#B1AB2E #D0CB4B #DDD97C #EAE7AD #F6F5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DDD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD97C

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD97C	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.116 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a3',
    500: '#ddd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd97c;
$custom-light: #e9e4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.526,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86862,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD97C

secondary

#4B4FB3

accent

#26C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD97C

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

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