#DEDAB5#DEDAB5

#DEDAB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.049 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDAB5
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 181)
HSL	hsl(54, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -4.67, 18.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 19.31, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0104 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.049 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5357, 69.0094, 53.6802)
Luminance	0.6901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDAB5 #B5B9DE

analogous

#DEC6B5 #DEDAB5 #CEDEB5

triadic

#DEDAB5 #B5DEDA #DAB5DE

tetradic

#DEDAB5 #B5DEC6 #B5B9DE #DEB5CE

square

#DEDAB5 #B5DEC6 #B5B9DE #DEB5CE

split-complementary

#DEDAB5 #B5CEDE #C6B5DE

monochromatic

#B8B060 #CBC58B #DEDAB5 #F1EFDF #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDAB5

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDAB5	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D7B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3DAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.049 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e5cb',
    500: '#dedab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedab5;
$custom-light: #e8e5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88205,
    "c": 0.04922,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDAB5

secondary

#8186B6

accent

#40B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDAB5

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

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