#DDD89B#DDD89B

#DDD89B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.079 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD89B
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 155)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 29.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -7.58, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 31.69, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0191 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.079 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.2914, 66.8516, 40.7316)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD89B #9BA0DD

analogous

#DDB79B #DDD89B #C1DD9B

triadic

#DDD89B #9BDDD8 #D89BDD

tetradic

#DDD89B #9BDDB7 #9BA0DD #DD9BC1

square

#DDD89B #9BDDB7 #9BA0DD #DD9BC1

split-complementary

#DDD89B #9BC1DD #B79BDD

monochromatic

#BDB440 #CDC66D #DDD89B #EDEAC9 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DDD89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD89B

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD89B	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.079 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4b9',
    500: '#ddd89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd89b;
$custom-light: #e8e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 49.254,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87172,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.6685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD89B

secondary

#676DB5

accent

#34BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD89B

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

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