#DDDD8A#DDDD8A

#DDDD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.105 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDD8A
RGB	rgb(221, 221, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -12.11, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 42.52, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.91% -0.0331 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(87.91% 0.105 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2635, 68.9212, 34.1684)
Luminance	0.6892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDD8A #8A8ADD

analogous

#DDB38A #DDDD8A #B3DD8A

triadic

#DDDD8A #8ADDDD #DD8ADD

tetradic

#DDDD8A #8ADDB3 #8A8ADD #DD8AB3

square

#DDDD8A #8ADDB3 #8A8ADD #DD8AB3

split-complementary

#DDDD8A #8AB3DD #B38ADD

monochromatic

#B7B735 #CFCF5B #DDDD8A #EBEBB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DDDD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#DDDD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDD8A

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDD8A	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 221, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.105 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7ad',
    500: '#dddd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddd8a;
$custom-light: #e9e7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87907,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDD8A

secondary

#5757B4

accent

#23C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDD8A

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

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