#DDCE8A#DDCE8A

#DDCE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.089 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE8A
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -4.50, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 36.01, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0112 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.089 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.4786, 61.3514, 32.9067)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE8A #8A99DD

analogous

#DDA58A #DDCE8A #C2DD8A

triadic

#DDCE8A #8ADDCE #CE8ADD

tetradic

#DDCE8A #8ADDA5 #8A99DD #DD8AC2

square

#DDCE8A #8ADDA5 #8A99DD #DD8AC2

split-complementary

#DDCE8A #8AC2DD #A58ADD

monochromatic

#B7A035 #CFBA5B #DDCE8A #EBE2B9 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDCE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#DDCE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE8A

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE8A	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD08C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.089 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dcad',
    500: '#ddce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce8a;
$custom-light: #e9dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84818,
    "c": 0.08875,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE8A

secondary

#5768B4

accent

#40C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE8A

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

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