#DDDCAE#DDDCAE

#DDDCAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.061 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCAE
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 174)
HSL	hsl(59, 41%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(59, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 21.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -7.07, 22.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 23.87, 107.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0172 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.061 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.0517, 69.6153, 50.1517)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCAE #AEAFDD

analogous

#DDC4AE #DDDCAE #C7DDAE

triadic

#DDDCAE #AEDDDC #DCAEDD

tetradic

#DDDCAE #AEDDC4 #AEAFDD #DDAEC7

square

#DDDCAE #AEDDC4 #AEAFDD #DDAEC7

split-complementary

#DDDCAE #AEC7DD #C4AEDD

monochromatic

#B9B758 #CBC983 #DDDCAE #EFEFD9 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DDDCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCAE

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCAE	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)

#E4D8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.061 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c6',
    500: '#dddcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddcae;
$custom-light: #e8e6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 40.87,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88377,
    "c": 0.06055,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCAE

secondary

#7A7BB5

accent

#34B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCAE

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

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