#DDDCA0#DDDCA0

#DDDCA0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.078 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCA0
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 160)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -8.97, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 31.03, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0229 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.078 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.7573, 69.0976, 43.3347)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCA0 #A0A1DD

analogous

#DDBDA0 #DDDCA0 #C0DDA0

triadic

#DDDCA0 #A0DDDC #DCA0DD

tetradic

#DDDCA0 #A0DDBD #A0A1DD #DDA0C0

square

#DDDCA0 #A0DDBD #A0A1DD #DDA0C0

split-complementary

#DDDCA0 #A0C0DD #BDA0DD

monochromatic

#BDBB46 #CDCB73 #DDDCA0 #EDEDCD #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DDDCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCA0

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCA0	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.078 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6bc',
    500: '#dddca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddca0;
$custom-light: #e8e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 47.287,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8809,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCA0

secondary

#6C6DB5

accent

#2DBB2B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCA0

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

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