#DDD98C#DDD98C

#DDD98C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.098 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD98C
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 140)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 36.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -9.88, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 39.70, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0265 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.098 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3661, 66.8926, 34.5901)
Luminance	0.6689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD98C #8C90DD

analogous

#DDB08C #DDD98C #B8DD8C

triadic

#DDD98C #8CDDD9 #D98CDD

tetradic

#DDD98C #8CDDB0 #8C90DD #DD8CB8

square

#DDD98C #8CDDB0 #8C90DD #DD8CB8

split-complementary

#DDD98C #8CB8DD #B08CDD

monochromatic

#B8B236 #CFC95D #DDD98C #EBE9BB #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DDD98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD98C

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD98C	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D78F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.098 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ae',
    500: '#ddd98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd98c;
$custom-light: #e9e4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87111,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD98C

secondary

#595DB4

accent

#2BC224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD98C

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

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