#DDDEC5#DDDEC5

#DDDEC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.033 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDEC5
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(62, 27%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(62, 11%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -4.60, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 13.00, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0108 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.033 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0170, 71.6463, 63.1638)
Luminance	0.7165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDEC5 #C6C5DE

analogous

#DED3C5 #DDDEC5 #D1DEC5

triadic

#DDDEC5 #C5DDDE #DEC5DD

tetradic

#DDDEC5 #C5DED3 #C6C5DE #DEC5D1

square

#DDDEC5 #C5DED3 #C6C5DE #DEC5D1

split-complementary

#DDDEC5 #C5D1DE #D3C5DE

monochromatic

#AFB277 #C6C89E #DDDEC5 #F4F4EB #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDDEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#DDDEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDEC5

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDEC5	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3DDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.033 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8d6',
    500: '#dddec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddec5;
$custom-light: #e7e8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89316,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDEC5

secondary

#9392B5

accent

#3FA644

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDEC5

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

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