#DDDB8D#DDDB8D

#DDDB8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.099 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDB8D
RGB	rgb(221, 219, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -10.78, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 40.11, 105.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.029 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.099 107)
XYZ	xyz(59.9588, 67.9595, 35.1531)
Luminance	0.6796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDB8D #8D8FDD

analogous

#DDB38D #DDDB8D #B7DD8D

triadic

#DDDB8D #8DDDDB #DB8DDD

tetradic

#DDDB8D #8DDDB3 #8D8FDD #DD8DB7

square

#DDDB8D #8DDDB3 #8D8FDD #DD8DB7

split-complementary

#DDDB8D #8DB7DD #B38DDD

monochromatic

#B9B537 #CFCC5E #DDDB8D #EBEABC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DDDB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#DDDB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDB8D

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDB8D	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddb8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 219, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.099 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6af',
    500: '#dddb8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddb8d;
$custom-light: #e8e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddb8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87541,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.67958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDB8D

secondary

#5A5CB4

accent

#28C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDB8D

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

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