#DDD993#DDD993

#DDD993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.090 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD993
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 147)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 33.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -9.07, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 36.19, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0238 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.09 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.8987, 67.1057, 37.3954)
Luminance	0.6710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD993 #9397DD

analogous

#DDB493 #DDD993 #BCDD93

triadic

#DDD993 #93DDD9 #D993DD

tetradic

#DDD993 #93DDB4 #9397DD #DD93BC

square

#DDD993 #93DDB4 #9397DD #DD93BC

split-complementary

#DDD993 #93BCDD #B493DD

monochromatic

#BBB43B #CEC964 #DDD993 #ECE9C2 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DDD993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD993

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD993	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.090 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b3',
    500: '#ddd993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd993;
$custom-light: #e8e4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87231,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD993

secondary

#5F64B5

accent

#2EC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD993

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →