#DDDC8A#DDDC8A

#DDDC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.104 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC8A
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -11.61, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 42.05, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.7% -0.0316 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(87.7% 0.104 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0002, 68.3947, 34.0806)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC8A #8A8BDD

analogous

#DDB28A #DDDC8A #B4DD8A

triadic

#DDDC8A #8ADDDC #DC8ADD

tetradic

#DDDC8A #8ADDB2 #8A8BDD #DD8AB4

square

#DDDC8A #8ADDB2 #8A8BDD #DD8AB4

split-complementary

#DDDC8A #8AB4DD #B28ADD

monochromatic

#B7B635 #CFCE5B #DDDC8A #EBEAB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DDDC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC8A

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC8A	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.104 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6ad',
    500: '#dddc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc8a;
$custom-light: #e9e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87699,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC8A

secondary

#5758B4

accent

#25C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC8A

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

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