#DED8A8#DED8A8

#DED8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.063 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED8A8
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 168)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 24.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -5.49, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 25.08, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0128 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.063 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.7480, 67.4695, 46.8083)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED8A8 #A8AEDE

analogous

#DEBDA8 #DED8A8 #C9DEA8

triadic

#DED8A8 #A8DED8 #D8A8DE

tetradic

#DED8A8 #A8DEBD #A8AEDE #DEA8C9

square

#DED8A8 #A8DEBD #A8AEDE #DEA8C9

split-complementary

#DED8A8 #A8C9DE #BDA8DE

monochromatic

#BCB04F #CDC47C #DED8A8 #EFECD4 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#DED8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED8A8

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED8A8	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D5A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.063 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4c2',
    500: '#ded8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded8a8;
$custom-light: #e8e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87514,
    "c": 0.06336,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED8A8

secondary

#747BB6

accent

#3DB82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED8A8

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

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