#DED9BD#DED9BD

#DED9BD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.038 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED9BD
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 189)
HSL	hsl(51, 33%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(51, 15%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 14.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -2.94, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 14.72, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0058 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.038 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.1216, 68.8302, 58.0419)
Luminance	0.6883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED9BD #BDC2DE

analogous

#DEC8BD #DED9BD #D2DEBD

triadic

#DED9BD #BDDED9 #D9BDDE

tetradic

#DED9BD #BDDEC8 #BDC2DE #DEBDD2

square

#DED9BD #BDDEC8 #BDC2DE #DEBDD2

split-complementary

#DED9BD #BDD2DE #C8BDDE

monochromatic

#B5AA6B #CAC294 #DED9BD #F2F0E6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DED9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#DED9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED9BD

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED9BD	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD7BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.038 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e4d1',
    500: '#ded9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded9bd;
$custom-light: #e8e4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8819,
    "c": 0.03775,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED9BD

secondary

#8990B6

accent

#4BAC39

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161514

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED9BD

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

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