#DDDCAD#DDDCAD

#DDDCAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.062 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCAD
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 173)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 21.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -7.21, 23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 24.38, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0176 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.062 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.9546, 69.5765, 49.6402)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCAD #ADAEDD

analogous

#DDC4AD #DDDCAD #C6DDAD

triadic

#DDDCAD #ADDDDC #DCADDD

tetradic

#DDDCAD #ADDDC4 #ADAEDD #DDADC6

square

#DDDCAD #ADDDC4 #ADAEDD #DDADC6

split-complementary

#DDDCAD #ADC6DD #C4ADDD

monochromatic

#B9B756 #CBCA82 #DDDCAD #EFEED8 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DDDCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCAD

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCAD	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D8AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.062 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c5',
    500: '#dddcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddcad;
$custom-light: #e8e6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88355,
    "c": 0.06181,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCAD

secondary

#797AB5

accent

#34B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCAD

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

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