#DEDA8D#DEDA8D

#DEDA8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.098 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA8D
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 141)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -9.88, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 39.67, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0265 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.098 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.0041, 67.5968, 35.0807)
Luminance	0.6760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA8D #8D91DE

analogous

#DEB18D #DEDA8D #B9DE8D

triadic

#DEDA8D #8DDEDA #DA8DDE

tetradic

#DEDA8D #8DDEB1 #8D91DE #DE8DB9

square

#DEDA8D #8DDEB1 #8D91DE #DE8DB9

split-complementary

#DEDA8D #8DB9DE #B18DDE

monochromatic

#BBB436 #D0CB5E #DEDA8D #ECE9BC #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDA8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DEDA8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA8D

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA8D	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.098 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5af',
    500: '#deda8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda8d;
$custom-light: #e9e5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87416,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA8D

secondary

#5A5EB6

accent

#2BC323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA8D

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

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