#DDD97F#DDD97F

#DDD97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.112 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD97F
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 127)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 42.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -11.27, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 46.09, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.91% -0.0315 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(86.91% 0.112 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4635, 66.5316, 29.8367)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD97F #7F83DD

analogous

#DDAA7F #DDD97F #B2DD7F

triadic

#DDD97F #7FDDD9 #D97FDD

tetradic

#DDD97F #7FDDAA #7F83DD #DD7FB2

square

#DDD97F #7FDDAA #7F83DD #DD7FB2

split-complementary

#DDD97F #7FB2DD #AA7FDD

monochromatic

#B2AD2F #D0CB4F #DDD97F #EAE7AF #F7F6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DDD97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#DDD97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD97F

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD97F	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.112 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4a5',
    500: '#ddd97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd97f;
$custom-light: #e9e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86906,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD97F

secondary

#4D51B4

accent

#27C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD97F

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

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