#DED8A9#DED8A9

#DED8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.062 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED8A9
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(53, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -5.36, 23.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 24.57, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0124 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.062 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.8415, 67.5070, 47.3008)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED8A9 #A9AFDE

analogous

#DEBEA9 #DED8A9 #CADEA9

triadic

#DED8A9 #A9DED8 #D8A9DE

tetradic

#DED8A9 #A9DEBE #A9AFDE #DEA9CA

square

#DED8A9 #A9DEBE #A9AFDE #DEA9CA

split-complementary

#DED8A9 #A9CADE #BEA9DE

monochromatic

#BCB051 #CDC47D #DED8A9 #EFECD5 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DED8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED8A9

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED8A9	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.062 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4c2',
    500: '#ded8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded8a9;
$custom-light: #e8e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.208,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87535,
    "c": 0.06211,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED8A9

secondary

#757CB6

accent

#3DB82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED8A9

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

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