#DDD995#DDD995

#DDD995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.088 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD995
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -8.83, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 35.19, 104.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.023 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.088 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0570, 67.1690, 38.2291)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD995 #9599DD

analogous

#DDB595 #DDD995 #BDDD95

triadic

#DDD995 #95DDD9 #D995DD

tetradic

#DDD995 #95DDB5 #9599DD #DD95BD

square

#DDD995 #95DDB5 #9599DD #DD95BD

split-complementary

#DDD995 #95BDDD #B595DD

monochromatic

#BBB43C #CEC867 #DDD995 #ECEAC3 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDD995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DDD995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD995

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD995	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.088 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b4',
    500: '#ddd995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd995;
$custom-light: #e8e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87267,
    "c": 0.08761,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD995

secondary

#6166B5

accent

#2FBF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD995

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

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