#DDDCA5#DDDCA5

#DDDCA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.072 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCA5
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 25%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -8.31, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 28.48, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0209 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.072 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.2035, 69.2761, 45.6848)
Luminance	0.6927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCA5 #A5A6DD

analogous

#DDC0A5 #DDDCA5 #C2DDA5

triadic

#DDDCA5 #A5DDDC #DCA5DD

tetradic

#DDDCA5 #A5DDC0 #A5A6DD #DDA5C2

square

#DDDCA5 #A5DDC0 #A5A6DD #DDA5C2

split-complementary

#DDDCA5 #A5C2DD #C0A5DD

monochromatic

#BBB94C #CCCB79 #DDDCA5 #EEEDD1 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#DDDCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCA5

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCA5	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D7A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.072 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c0',
    500: '#dddca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddca5;
$custom-light: #e8e6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88189,
    "c": 0.07182,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCA5

secondary

#7172B5

accent

#30B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCA5

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

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