#DDD97D#DDD97D

#DDD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.115 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD97D
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 43.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -11.47, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 47.06, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0323 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.115 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.3345, 66.4800, 29.1571)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD97D #7D81DD

analogous

#DDA97D #DDD97D #B1DD7D

triadic

#DDD97D #7DDDD9 #D97DDD

tetradic

#DDD97D #7DDDA9 #7D81DD #DD7DB1

square

#DDD97D #7DDDA9 #7D81DD #DD7DB1

split-complementary

#DDD97D #7DB1DD #A97DDD

monochromatic

#B1AC2E #D0CB4C #DDD97D #EAE7AE #F6F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DDD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD97D

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD97D	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.115 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a4',
    500: '#ddd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd97d;
$custom-light: #e9e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86877,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD97D

secondary

#4B4FB3

accent

#26C61F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD97D

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

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