#DED5AE#DED5AE

#DED5AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.053 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED5AE
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 174)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(49, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -3.11, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 20.67, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.006 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.053 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.5583, 66.1752, 49.5664)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED5AE #AEB7DE

analogous

#DEBDAE #DED5AE #CFDEAE

triadic

#DED5AE #AEDED5 #D5AEDE

tetradic

#DED5AE #AEDEBD #AEB7DE #DEAECF

square

#DED5AE #AEDEBD #AEB7DE #DEAECF

split-complementary

#DED5AE #AECFDE #BDAEDE

monochromatic

#BBA857 #CCBE83 #DED5AE #F0ECD9 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DED5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED5AE

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED5AE	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.053 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e1c6',
    500: '#ded5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded5ae;
$custom-light: #e8e1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87035,
    "c": 0.05258,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED5AE

secondary

#7A85B6

accent

#49B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED5AE

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

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