#DDDAAD#DDDAAD

#DDDAAD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.059 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDAAD
RGB	rgb(221, 218, 173)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 21.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -6.19, 22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 23.42, 105.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0147 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.059 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.4328, 68.5330, 49.4663)
Luminance	0.6853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDAAD #ADB0DD

analogous

#DDC2AD #DDDAAD #C8DDAD

triadic

#DDDAAD #ADDDDA #DAADDD

tetradic

#DDDAAD #ADDDC2 #ADB0DD #DDADC8

square

#DDDAAD #ADDDC2 #ADB0DD #DDADC8

split-complementary

#DDDAAD #ADC8DD #C2ADDD

monochromatic

#B9B356 #CBC682 #DDDAAD #EFEED8 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DDDAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDAAD

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDAAD	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 218, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.059 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5c5',
    500: '#dddaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddaad;
$custom-light: #e8e5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87947,
    "c": 0.05936,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDAAD

secondary

#797DB5

accent

#39B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDAAD

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

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