#DEDAA9#DEDAA9

#DEDAA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.064 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDAA9
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 169)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -6.38, 24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 25.49, 104.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0153 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.064 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.3570, 68.5380, 47.4727)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDAA9 #A9ADDE

analogous

#DEC0A9 #DEDAA9 #C8DEA9

triadic

#DEDAA9 #A9DEDA #DAA9DE

tetradic

#DEDAA9 #A9DEC0 #A9ADDE #DEA9C8

square

#DEDAA9 #A9DEC0 #A9ADDE #DEA9C8

split-complementary

#DEDAA9 #A9C8DE #C0A9DE

monochromatic

#BCB451 #CDC77D #DEDAA9 #EFEDD5 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDAA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DEDAA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDAA9

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDAA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDAA9	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedaa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.064 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5c2',
    500: '#dedaa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedaa9;
$custom-light: #e8e5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedaa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87943,
    "c": 0.06443,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDAA9

secondary

#757AB6

accent

#38B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDAA9

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

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