#DEDC87#DEDC87

#DEDC87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.107 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC87
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.24, -11.55, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.24, 43.54, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0317 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.107 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0915, 68.4666, 32.9668)
Luminance	0.6846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC87 #8789DE

analogous

#DEB187 #DEDC87 #B4DE87

triadic

#DEDC87 #87DEDC #DC87DE

tetradic

#DEDC87 #87DEB1 #8789DE #DE87B4

square

#DEDC87 #87DEB1 #8789DE #DE87B4

split-complementary

#DEDC87 #87B4DE #B187DE

monochromatic

#B8B533 #D1CE57 #DEDC87 #EBEAB7 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DEDC87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC87

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC87	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.107 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6ab',
    500: '#dedc87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc87;
$custom-light: #e9e6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.621,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87733,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC87

secondary

#5456B5

accent

#25C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC87

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

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