#DDDEC9#DDDEC9

#DDDEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.028 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDDEC9
RGB	rgb(221, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(63, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(63, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -3.95, 10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 10.93, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0092 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.028 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.4814, 71.8321, 65.6097)
Luminance	0.7183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDDEC9 #CAC9DE

analogous

#DED4C9 #DDDEC9 #D2DEC9

triadic

#DDDEC9 #C9DDDE #DEC9DD

tetradic

#DDDEC9 #C9DED4 #CAC9DE #DEC9D2

square

#DDDEC9 #C9DED4 #CAC9DE #DEC9D2

split-complementary

#DDDEC9 #C9D2DE #D4C9DE

monochromatic

#ADB07D #C5C7A3 #DDDEC9 #F3F3EC #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DDDEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#DDDEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDDEC9

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDDEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDDEC9	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2DDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dddec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.028 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7e8d9',
    500: '#dddec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dddec9;
$custom-light: #e7e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dddec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89416,
    "c": 0.02811,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDDEC9

secondary

#9896B5

accent

#43A347

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDDEC9

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

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