#DDDE8D#DDDE8D

#DDDE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.103 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDE8D
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 141)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -12.28, 39.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 41.50, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0333 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.103 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7485, 69.5389, 35.4163)
Luminance	0.6954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDE8D #8E8DDE

analogous

#DEB68D #DDDE8D #B4DE8D

triadic

#DDDE8D #8DDDDE #DE8DDD

tetradic

#DDDE8D #8DDEB6 #8E8DDE #DE8DB4

square

#DDDE8D #8DDEB6 #8E8DDE #DE8DB4

split-complementary

#DDDE8D #8DB4DE #B68DDE

monochromatic

#B9BB36 #CFD05E #DDDE8D #EBECBC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDDE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#DDDE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDE8D

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDE8D	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddde8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.103 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8af',
    500: '#ddde8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddde8d;
$custom-light: #e9e8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddde8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.741,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88164,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDE8D

secondary

#5B5AB6

accent

#23C325

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDE8D

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

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