#DDDCA8#DDDCA8

#DDDCA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.068 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCA8
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 24%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -7.90, 25.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 26.95, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0197 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.068 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4798, 69.3866, 47.1397)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCA8 #A8A9DD

analogous

#DDC2A8 #DDDCA8 #C4DDA8

triadic

#DDDCA8 #A8DDDC #DCA8DD

tetradic

#DDDCA8 #A8DDC2 #A8A9DD #DDA8C4

square

#DDDCA8 #A8DDC2 #A8A9DD #DDA8C4

split-complementary

#DDDCA8 #A8C4DD #C2A8DD

monochromatic

#BBB950 #CCCA7C #DDDCA8 #EEEED4 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#DDDCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCA8

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCA8	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.068 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c2',
    500: '#dddca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddca8;
$custom-light: #e8e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8825,
    "c": 0.06809,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCA8

secondary

#7475B5

accent

#31B72F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCA8

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

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