#DDDC97#DDDC97

#DDDC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.089 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC97
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -10.10, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 35.58, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0265 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.089 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9983, 68.7940, 39.3374)
Luminance	0.6879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC97 #9798DD

analogous

#DDB997 #DDDC97 #BBDD97

triadic

#DDDC97 #97DDDC #DC97DD

tetradic

#DDDC97 #97DDB9 #9798DD #DD97BB

square

#DDDC97 #97DDB9 #9798DD #DD97BB

split-complementary

#DDDC97 #97BBDD #B997DD

monochromatic

#BCBA3D #CECC69 #DDDC97 #ECECC5 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DDDC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC97

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC97	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.089 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6b6',
    500: '#dddc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc97;
$custom-light: #e8e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87922,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC97

secondary

#6364B5

accent

#2ABE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC97

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

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