#DDDEC8#DDDEC8

#DDDEC8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.029 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDEC8
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 200)
HSL	hsl(63, 25%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(63, 10%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -4.12, 10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 11.45, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0096 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.029 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.3641, 71.7852, 64.9922)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDEC8 #C9C8DE

analogous

#DED4C8 #DDDEC8 #D2DEC8

triadic

#DDDEC8 #C8DDDE #DEC8DD

tetradic

#DDDEC8 #C8DED4 #C9C8DE #DEC8D2

square

#DDDEC8 #C8DED4 #C9C8DE #DEC8D2

split-complementary

#DDDEC8 #C8D2DE #D4C8DE

monochromatic

#AEB07B #C5C7A2 #DDDEC8 #F3F4EC #F3F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDDEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#DDDEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDEC8

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDEC8	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DCC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2DDC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.029 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8d8',
    500: '#dddec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddec8;
$custom-light: #e7e8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.727,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 82.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89391,
    "c": 0.02944,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDEC8

secondary

#9795B5

accent

#42A446

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDEC8

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

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