#DEDC8B#DEDC8B

#DEDC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.103 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC8B
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 139)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -11.11, 40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 41.57, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0302 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.103 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3784, 68.5813, 34.4780)
Luminance	0.6858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC8B #8B8DDE

analogous

#DEB28B #DEDC8B #B6DE8B

triadic

#DEDC8B #8BDEDC #DC8BDE

tetradic

#DEDC8B #8BDEB2 #8B8DDE #DE8BB6

square

#DEDC8B #8BDEB2 #8B8DDE #DE8BB6

split-complementary

#DEDC8B #8BB6DE #B28BDE

monochromatic

#BAB735 #D0CE5B #DEDC8B #ECEABB #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#DEDC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC8B

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC8B	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.103 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6ae',
    500: '#dedc8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc8b;
$custom-light: #e9e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87797,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC8B

secondary

#585AB6

accent

#26C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC8B

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

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