#DDDCA9#DDDCA9

#DDDCA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.067 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCA9
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 23.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -7.77, 25.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 26.43, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0193 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.067 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5733, 69.4240, 47.6323)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCA9 #A9AADD

analogous

#DDC2A9 #DDDCA9 #C4DDA9

triadic

#DDDCA9 #A9DDDC #DCA9DD

tetradic

#DDDCA9 #A9DDC2 #A9AADD #DDA9C4

square

#DDDCA9 #A9DDC2 #A9AADD #DDA9C4

split-complementary

#DDDCA9 #A9C4DD #C2A9DD

monochromatic

#BAB851 #CCCA7D #DDDCA9 #EEEED5 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#DDDCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCA9

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCA9	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)

#E5D8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.067 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c2',
    500: '#dddca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddca9;
$custom-light: #e8e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88271,
    "c": 0.06684,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCA9

secondary

#7576B5

accent

#32B62F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCA9

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

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