#DDD89E#DDD89E

#DDD89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.076 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD89E
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 28.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.48, -7.20, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.48, 30.16, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0179 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.076 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.5465, 66.9536, 42.0750)
Luminance	0.6695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD89E #9EA3DD

analogous

#DDB99E #DDD89E #C3DD9E

triadic

#DDD89E #9EDDD8 #D89EDD

tetradic

#DDD89E #9EDDB9 #9EA3DD #DD9EC3

square

#DDD89E #9EDDB9 #9EA3DD #DD9EC3

split-complementary

#DDD89E #9EC3DD #B99EDD

monochromatic

#BDB443 #CDC671 #DDD89E #EDEACB #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DDD89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DDD89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD89E

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD89E	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.076 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4bb',
    500: '#ddd89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd89e;
$custom-light: #e8e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 48.092,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8723,
    "c": 0.07565,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD89E

secondary

#6A70B5

accent

#36BB2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD89E

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

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