#DDDB8A#DDDB8A

#DDDB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB8A
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -11.11, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 41.60, 105.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0302 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7386, 67.8714, 33.9934)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB8A #8A8CDD

analogous

#DDB18A #DDDB8A #B5DD8A

triadic

#DDDB8A #8ADDDB #DB8ADD

tetradic

#DDDB8A #8ADDB1 #8A8CDD #DD8AB5

square

#DDDB8A #8ADDB1 #8A8CDD #DD8AB5

split-complementary

#DDDB8A #8AB5DD #B18ADD

monochromatic

#B7B435 #CFCC5B #DDDB8A #EBEAB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DDDB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB8A

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB8A	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6ad',
    500: '#dddb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb8a;
$custom-light: #e9e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87492,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB8A

secondary

#5759B4

accent

#27C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB8A

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

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