#DDDE97#DDDE97

#DDDE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.091 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE97
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -11.11, 34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 36.53, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0294 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.091 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.5264, 69.8501, 39.5134)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE97 #9897DE

analogous

#DEBB97 #DDDE97 #B9DE97

triadic

#DDDE97 #97DDDE #DE97DD

tetradic

#DDDE97 #97DEBB #9897DE #DE97B9

square

#DDDE97 #97DEBB #9897DE #DE97B9

split-complementary

#DDDE97 #97B9DE #BB97DE

monochromatic

#BCBE3C #CECF69 #DDDE97 #ECEDC5 #F7F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DDDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#DDDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE97

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE97	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.091 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8b6',
    500: '#ddde97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde97;
$custom-light: #e8e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88336,
    "c": 0.09119,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE97

secondary

#6463B6

accent

#26BF28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE97

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

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