#DDDEB3#DDDEB3

#DDDEB3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.057 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDEB3
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 179)
HSL	hsl(61, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(61, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -7.36, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 22.30, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.89% -0.0181 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(88.89% 0.057 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.0763, 70.8700, 52.9428)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDEB3 #B4B3DE

analogous

#DEC9B3 #DDDEB3 #C7DEB3

triadic

#DDDEB3 #B3DDDE #DEB3DD

tetradic

#DDDEB3 #B3DEC9 #B4B3DE #DEB3C7

square

#DDDEB3 #B3DEC9 #B4B3DE #DEB3C7

split-complementary

#DDDEB3 #B3C7DE #C9B3DE

monochromatic

#B7B95E #CACB88 #DDDEB3 #F0F1DE #F5F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DDDEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#DDDEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDEB3

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDEB3	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.057 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8ca',
    500: '#dddeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddeb3;
$custom-light: #e8e8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.395,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88894,
    "c": 0.05673,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDEB3

secondary

#807FB6

accent

#33B236

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDEB3

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

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