#DDD97E#DDD97E

#DDD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.114 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD97E
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 43%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -11.37, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 46.58, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0319 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.114 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3987, 66.5057, 29.4952)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD97E #7E82DD

analogous

#DDA97E #DDD97E #B1DD7E

triadic

#DDD97E #7EDDD9 #D97EDD

tetradic

#DDD97E #7EDDA9 #7E82DD #DD7EB1

square

#DDD97E #7EDDA9 #7E82DD #DD7EB1

split-complementary

#DDD97E #7EB1DD #A97EDD

monochromatic

#B2AC2F #D0CB4E #DDD97E #EAE7AE #F7F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DDD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD97E

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD97E	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)

#E7D377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.114 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a5',
    500: '#ddd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd97e;
$custom-light: #e9e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.474,
    "s": 58.282,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86891,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD97E

secondary

#4C50B4

accent

#27C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD97E

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

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