#DDD99D#DDD99D

#DDD99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.078 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD99D
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 29%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -7.84, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 31.13, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0198 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.078 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7178, 67.4333, 41.7091)
Luminance	0.6743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD99D #9DA1DD

analogous

#DDB99D #DDD99D #C1DD9D

triadic

#DDD99D #9DDDD9 #D99DDD

tetradic

#DDD99D #9DDDB9 #9DA1DD #DD9DC1

square

#DDD99D #9DDDB9 #9DA1DD #DD9DC1

split-complementary

#DDD99D #9DC1DD #B99DDD

monochromatic

#BDB642 #CDC770 #DDD99D #EDEBCA #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDD99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DDD99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD99D

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD99D	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.078 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4ba',
    500: '#ddd99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd99d;
$custom-light: #e8e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 48.485,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87416,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD99D

secondary

#696EB5

accent

#33BC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD99D

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

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