#DDDCC9#DDDCC9

#DDDCC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.025 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDCC9
RGB	rgb(221, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(57, 23%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(57, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -2.93, 9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 9.90, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0064 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.025 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9533, 70.7760, 65.4337)
Luminance	0.7078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDCC9 #C9CADD

analogous

#DDD2C9 #DDDCC9 #D4DDC9

triadic

#DDDCC9 #C9DDDC #DCC9DD

tetradic

#DDDCC9 #C9DDD2 #C9CADD #DDC9D4

square

#DDDCC9 #C9DDD2 #C9CADD #DDC9D4

split-complementary

#DDDCC9 #C9D4DD #D2C9DD

monochromatic

#AEAB7E #C5C4A3 #DDDCC9 #F3F3EC #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DDDCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#DDDCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDCC9

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDCC9	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0DBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.025 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e6d9',
    500: '#dddcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddcc9;
$custom-light: #e7e6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89013,
    "c": 0.02549,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDCC9

secondary

#9798B3

accent

#49A144

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDCC9

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

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