#DDDC96#DDDC96

#DDDC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.090 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC96
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -10.23, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 36.08, 106.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0269 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.09 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9175, 68.7616, 38.9115)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC96 #9697DD

analogous

#DDB896 #DDDC96 #BADD96

triadic

#DDDC96 #96DDDC #DC96DD

tetradic

#DDDC96 #96DDB8 #9697DD #DD96BA

square

#DDDC96 #96DDB8 #9697DD #DD96BA

split-complementary

#DDDC96 #96BADD #B896DD

monochromatic

#BCBA3D #CECD68 #DDDC96 #ECEBC4 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#DDDC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC96

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC96	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.090 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6b5',
    500: '#dddc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc96;
$custom-light: #e8e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87904,
    "c": 0.08996,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC96

secondary

#6264B5

accent

#29BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC96

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

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