#DDD8BB#DDD8BB

#DDD8BB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.039 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD8BB
RGB	rgb(221, 216, 187)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 15.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -3.10, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 15.25, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0062 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.039 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.3436, 68.0725, 56.8064)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD8BB #BBC0DD

analogous

#DDC7BB #DDD8BB #D1DDBB

triadic

#DDD8BB #BBDDD8 #D8BBDD

tetradic

#DDD8BB #BBDDC7 #BBC0DD #DDBBD1

square

#DDD8BB #BBDDC7 #BBC0DD #DDBBD1

split-complementary

#DDD8BB #BBD1DD #C7BBDD

monochromatic

#B4A969 #C9C192 #DDD8BB #F1EFE4 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDD8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DDD8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD8BB

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD8BB	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 216, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.039 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4cf',
    500: '#ddd8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd8bb;
$custom-light: #e7e4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87859,
    "c": 0.03908,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD8BB

secondary

#878EB5

accent

#4AAC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161513

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD8BB

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

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