#DDCE8D#DDCE8D

#DDCE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.085 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDCE8D
RGB	rgb(221, 206, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -4.16, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 34.50, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.01 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.085 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.6988, 61.4395, 34.0664)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDCE8D #8D9CDD

analogous

#DDA68D #DDCE8D #C4DD8D

triadic

#DDCE8D #8DDDCE #CE8DDD

tetradic

#DDCE8D #8DDDA6 #8D9CDD #DD8DC4

square

#DDCE8D #8DDDA6 #8D9CDD #DD8DC4

split-complementary

#DDCE8D #8DC4DD #A68DDD

monochromatic

#B9A037 #CFBA5E #DDCE8D #EBE2BC #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#DDCE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#DDCE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDCE8D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDCE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDCE8D	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCB88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD08F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddce8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 206, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.085 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dcaf',
    500: '#ddce8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddce8d;
$custom-light: #e8dcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddce8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8487,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDCE8D

secondary

#5A6BB4

accent

#42C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDCE8D

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

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