#DED9BC#DED9BC

#DED9BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.039 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED9BC
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 188)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 15.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -3.10, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 15.23, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0062 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.039 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.0135, 68.7869, 57.4722)
Luminance	0.6879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED9BC #BCC1DE

analogous

#DEC8BC #DED9BC #D2DEBC

triadic

#DED9BC #BCDED9 #D9BCDE

tetradic

#DED9BC #BCDEC8 #BCC1DE #DEBCD2

square

#DED9BC #BCDEC8 #BCC1DE #DEBCD2

split-complementary

#DED9BC #BCD2DE #C8BCDE

monochromatic

#B6AA6A #CAC293 #DED9BC #F2F0E5 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DED9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#DED9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED9BC

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED9BC	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.039 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4d0',
    500: '#ded9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded9bc;
$custom-light: #e8e4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88166,
    "c": 0.03905,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED9BC

secondary

#888FB6

accent

#4AAD39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED9BC

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

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