#DDDA8B#DDDA8B

#DDDA8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.100 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDA8B
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 37.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -10.50, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 40.65, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0284 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.1 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.5512, 67.3803, 34.2897)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDA8B #8B8EDD

analogous

#DDB18B #DDDA8B #B7DD8B

triadic

#DDDA8B #8BDDDA #DA8BDD

tetradic

#DDDA8B #8BDDB1 #8B8EDD #DD8BB7

square

#DDDA8B #8BDDB1 #8B8EDD #DD8BB7

split-complementary

#DDDA8B #8BB7DD #B18BDD

monochromatic

#B8B336 #CFCB5C #DDDA8B #EBE9BA #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DDDA8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DDDA8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDA8B

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDA8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDA8B	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddda8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.100 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5ae',
    500: '#ddda8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddda8b;
$custom-light: #e9e5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddda8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87301,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDA8B

secondary

#585BB4

accent

#29C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDA8B

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

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