#DDD9CD#DDD9CD

#DDD9CD is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.017 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDD9CD
RGB	rgb(221, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(45, 19%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(45, 7%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 7.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -0.71, 6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 6.43, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0005 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.017 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.6497, 69.4061, 67.6840)
Luminance	0.6941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDD9CD #CDD1DD

analogous

#DDD1CD #DDD9CD #D9DDCD

triadic

#DDD9CD #CDDDD9 #D9CDDD

tetradic

#DDD9CD #CDDDD1 #CDD1DD #DDCDD9

square

#DDD9CD #CDDDD1 #CDD1DD #DDCDD9

split-complementary

#DDD9CD #CDD9DD #D1CDDD

monochromatic

#ABA284 #C4BDA9 #DDD9CD #F3F1ED #F3F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#DDD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDD9CD

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDD9CD	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDDACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0D7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.017 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e4dc',
    500: '#ddd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddd9cd;
$custom-light: #e7e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 19.048,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88515,
    "c": 0.01678,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDD9CD

secondary

#9BA1B3

accent

#5D9D48

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFC

border

#D5D5D5

text

#161515

muted

#848484

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDD9CD

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

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