#DDDC8D#DDDC8D

#DDDC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.100 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDC8D
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -11.28, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 40.57, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0305 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.1 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2204, 68.4828, 35.2403)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDC8D #8D8EDD

analogous

#DDB48D #DDDC8D #B6DD8D

triadic

#DDDC8D #8DDDDC #DC8DDD

tetradic

#DDDC8D #8DDDB4 #8D8EDD #DD8DB6

square

#DDDC8D #8DDDB4 #8D8EDD #DD8DB6

split-complementary

#DDDC8D #8DB6DD #B48DDD

monochromatic

#B9B737 #CFCE5E #DDDC8D #EBEABC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DDDC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DDDC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDC8D

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDC8D	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.100 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6af',
    500: '#dddc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddc8d;
$custom-light: #e9e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87749,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDC8D

secondary

#5A5BB4

accent

#26C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDC8D

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

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