#DEDAA8#DEDAA8

#DEDAA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.066 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDAA8
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 168)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 24.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -6.51, 25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 26.00, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0157 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.066 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.2635, 68.5006, 46.9801)
Luminance	0.6850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDAA8 #A8ACDE

analogous

#DEBFA8 #DEDAA8 #C7DEA8

triadic

#DEDAA8 #A8DEDA #DAA8DE

tetradic

#DEDAA8 #A8DEBF #A8ACDE #DEA8C7

square

#DEDAA8 #A8DEBF #A8ACDE #DEA8C7

split-complementary

#DEDAA8 #A8C7DE #BFA8DE

monochromatic

#BCB44F #CDC77C #DEDAA8 #EFEDD4 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DEDAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDAA8

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDAA8	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedaa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.066 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5c2',
    500: '#dedaa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedaa8;
$custom-light: #e8e5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedaa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87922,
    "c": 0.06567,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDAA8

secondary

#7479B6

accent

#38B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDAA8

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

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