#DDDC99#DDDC99

#DDDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.086 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC99
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -9.86, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 34.57, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0257 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.086 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.1621, 68.8595, 40.2001)
Luminance	0.6886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC99 #999ADD

analogous

#DDBA99 #DDDC99 #BCDD99

triadic

#DDDC99 #99DDDC #DC99DD

tetradic

#DDDC99 #99DDBA #999ADD #DD99BC

square

#DDDC99 #99DDBA #999ADD #DD99BC

split-complementary

#DDDC99 #99BCDD #BA99DD

monochromatic

#BDBB3F #CECC6B #DDDC99 #ECECC7 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DDDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC99

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC99	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.086 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6b7',
    500: '#dddc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc99;
$custom-light: #e8e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87958,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC99

secondary

#6566B5

accent

#2ABD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC99

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

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