#DEDC8A#DEDC8A

#DEDC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.104 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC8A
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -11.22, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 42.06, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0306 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.104 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3057, 68.5522, 34.0949)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC8A #8A8CDE

analogous

#DEB28A #DEDC8A #B6DE8A

triadic

#DEDC8A #8ADEDC #DC8ADE

tetradic

#DEDC8A #8ADEB2 #8A8CDE #DE8AB6

square

#DEDC8A #8ADEB2 #8A8CDE #DE8AB6

split-complementary

#DEDC8A #8AB6DE #B28ADE

monochromatic

#B9B634 #D1CE5A #DEDC8A #EBEABA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#DEDC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC8A

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC8A	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)

#E9D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.104 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6ad',
    500: '#dedc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc8a;
$custom-light: #e9e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87781,
    "c": 0.1037,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC8A

secondary

#5759B5

accent

#26C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC8A

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

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