#DDDB99#DDDB99

#DDDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.085 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB99
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -9.35, 32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 34.10, 105.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0243 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.085 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.9005, 68.3362, 40.1129)
Luminance	0.6834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB99 #999BDD

analogous

#DDB999 #DDDB99 #BDDD99

triadic

#DDDB99 #99DDDB #DB99DD

tetradic

#DDDB99 #99DDB9 #999BDD #DD99BD

square

#DDDB99 #99DDB9 #999BDD #DD99BD

split-complementary

#DDDB99 #99BDDD #B999DD

monochromatic

#BDB93F #CECB6B #DDDB99 #ECEBC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DDDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB99

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB99	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.085 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6b7',
    500: '#dddb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb99;
$custom-light: #e8e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87752,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB99

secondary

#6568B5

accent

#2DBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB99

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

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