#DDDA99#DDDA99

#DDDA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.084 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA99
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -8.85, 32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 33.63, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0228 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.084 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6404, 67.8160, 40.0262)
Luminance	0.6782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA99 #999CDD

analogous

#DDB899 #DDDA99 #BEDD99

triadic

#DDDA99 #99DDDA #DA99DD

tetradic

#DDDA99 #99DDB8 #999CDD #DD99BE

square

#DDDA99 #99DDB8 #999CDD #DD99BE

split-complementary

#DDDA99 #99BEDD #B899DD

monochromatic

#BDB73F #CEC96B #DDDA99 #ECEBC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#DDDA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA99

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA99	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.084 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5b7',
    500: '#ddda99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda99;
$custom-light: #e8e5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87546,
    "c": 0.08401,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA99

secondary

#6569B5

accent

#2FBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA99

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

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