#DEDA8A#DEDA8A

#DEDA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.101 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA8A
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 138)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -10.22, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 41.16, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0277 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.101 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7839, 67.5087, 33.9210)
Luminance	0.6751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA8A #8A8EDE

analogous

#DEB08A #DEDA8A #B8DE8A

triadic

#DEDA8A #8ADEDA #DA8ADE

tetradic

#DEDA8A #8ADEB0 #8A8EDE #DE8AB8

square

#DEDA8A #8ADEB0 #8A8EDE #DE8AB8

split-complementary

#DEDA8A #8AB8DE #B08ADE

monochromatic

#B9B334 #D1CB5A #DEDA8A #EBE9BA #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DEDA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA8A

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA8A	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)

#E7D484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.101 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5ad',
    500: '#deda8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda8a;
$custom-light: #e9e5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87367,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA8A

secondary

#575BB5

accent

#2AC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA8A

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

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