#DEDAA5#DEDAA5

#DEDAA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.069 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDAA5
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 165)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 25.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -6.92, 26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 27.54, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0169 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.069 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.9872, 68.3900, 45.5252)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDAA5 #A5A9DE

analogous

#DEBDA5 #DEDAA5 #C5DEA5

triadic

#DEDAA5 #A5DEDA #DAA5DE

tetradic

#DEDAA5 #A5DEBD #A5A9DE #DEA5C5

square

#DEDAA5 #A5DEBD #A5A9DE #DEA5C5

split-complementary

#DEDAA5 #A5C5DE #BDA5DE

monochromatic

#BDB54B #CEC878 #DEDAA5 #EEECD2 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#DEDAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDAA5

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDAA5	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D9A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.069 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5c0',
    500: '#dedaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedaa5;
$custom-light: #e9e5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8786,
    "c": 0.0694,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDAA5

secondary

#7176B6

accent

#36BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDAA5

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

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