#DED8BE#DED8BE

#DED8BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.035 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED8BE
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 190)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 14.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -2.27, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 13.75, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0039 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.035 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.9736, 68.3598, 58.5298)
Luminance	0.6836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED8BE #BEC4DE

analogous

#DEC8BE #DED8BE #D4DEBE

triadic

#DED8BE #BEDED8 #D8BEDE

tetradic

#DED8BE #BEDEC8 #BEC4DE #DEBED4

square

#DED8BE #BEDEC8 #BEC4DE #DEBED4

split-complementary

#DED8BE #BED4DE #C8BEDE

monochromatic

#B5A76D #C9C095 #DED8BE #F3F0E7 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DED8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#DED8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED8BE

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED8BE	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.035 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4d1',
    500: '#ded8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded8be;
$custom-light: #e8e4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 32.653,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88013,
    "c": 0.03537,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED8BE

secondary

#8A93B6

accent

#4FAB3A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED8BE

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

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