#DED8AA#DED8AA

#DED8AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.061 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED8AA
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 170)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(53, 23%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 23.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -5.22, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 24.05, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.012 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.061 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.9357, 67.5446, 47.7971)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED8AA #AAB0DE

analogous

#DEBEAA #DED8AA #CADEAA

triadic

#DED8AA #AADED8 #D8AADE

tetradic

#DED8AA #AADEBE #AAB0DE #DEAACA

square

#DED8AA #AADEBE #AAB0DE #DEAACA

split-complementary

#DED8AA #AACADE #BEAADE

monochromatic

#BCB052 #CDC47E #DED8AA #EFECD6 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DED8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED8AA

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED8AA	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.061 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4c3',
    500: '#ded8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded8aa;
$custom-light: #e8e4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87556,
    "c": 0.06086,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED8AA

secondary

#767DB6

accent

#3EB72E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED8AA

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

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