#DEDB8A#DEDB8A

#DEDB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.103 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB8A
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -10.72, 40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 41.61, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0291 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.103 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.0440, 68.0289, 34.0077)
Luminance	0.6803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB8A #8A8DDE

analogous

#DEB18A #DEDB8A #B7DE8A

triadic

#DEDB8A #8ADEDB #DB8ADE

tetradic

#DEDB8A #8ADEB1 #8A8DDE #DE8AB7

square

#DEDB8A #8ADEB1 #8A8DDE #DE8AB7

split-complementary

#DEDB8A #8AB7DE #B18ADE

monochromatic

#B9B534 #D1CC5A #DEDB8A #EBEABA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#DEDB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB8A

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB8A	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.103 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6ad',
    500: '#dedb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb8a;
$custom-light: #e9e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87574,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB8A

secondary

#575AB5

accent

#28C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB8A

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

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