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#ddcda8 color: Ancestral Gold

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42°
100%

OKLCH

85.2%
0.052
87°
  • ≈ Apricot
  • Beige
  • Very light
  • Muted
  • Pastel
  • Warm
  • taupe-300
  • Black 13%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.57:1 · Below AALc -29
Black text13.37:1 · AALc 78

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About #ddcda8

#ddcda8 is a pastel very light beige color. In OKLCH it has 85.2% lightness, 0.052 chroma and a hue of 87°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.57:1 contrast and black text 13.37:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Ancestral Gold (#ddcda6). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is taupe-300.

More very light beige colors

Lighter: #ddcda8 mixed with white

  1. ddcda8
  2. e0d2b1
  3. e4d7b9
  4. e7dcc2
  5. ebe1cb
  6. eee6d3
  7. f1ebdc
  8. f5f0e5
  9. f8f5ed
  10. fcfaf6

Darker: #ddcda8 mixed with black

  1. ddcda8
  2. c0b292
  3. a4987c
  4. 887e67
  5. 6e6652
  6. 554e3f
  7. 3d382c
  8. 26231a
  9. 110f0a
  10. 020201

Calmer: #ddcda8 with less saturation

  1. ddcda8
  2. dccdac
  3. dacdb0
  4. d9cdb4
  5. d7ceb8
  6. d6cebc
  7. d4cebf
  8. d3cec3
  9. d1cec7
  10. d0cecb