#DDD98E#DDD98E

#DDD98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD98E
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 142)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 35.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -9.65, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 38.70, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0258 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5149, 66.9521, 35.3739)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD98E #8E92DD

analogous

#DDB18E #DDD98E #B9DD8E

triadic

#DDD98E #8EDDD9 #D98EDD

tetradic

#DDD98E #8EDDB1 #8E92DD #DD8EB9

square

#DDD98E #8EDDB1 #8E92DD #DD8EB9

split-complementary

#DDD98E #8EB9DD #B18EDD

monochromatic

#B9B238 #CFC95F #DDD98E #EBE9BD #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DDD98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD98E

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD98E	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b0',
    500: '#ddd98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd98e;
$custom-light: #e8e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.962,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87144,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD98E

secondary

#5B5FB5

accent

#2CC124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD98E

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

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