#DEDC8D#DEDC8D

#DEDC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.100 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC8D
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -10.89, 39.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 40.58, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0294 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.1 107)
XYZ	xyz(60.5259, 68.6403, 35.2546)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC8D #8D8FDE

analogous

#DEB38D #DEDC8D #B7DE8D

triadic

#DEDC8D #8DDEDC #DC8DDE

tetradic

#DEDC8D #8DDEB3 #8D8FDE #DE8DB7

square

#DEDC8D #8DDEB3 #8D8FDE #DE8DB7

split-complementary

#DEDC8D #8DB7DE #B38DDE

monochromatic

#BBB736 #D0CD5E #DEDC8D #ECEBBC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DEDC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC8D

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC8D	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.100 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6af',
    500: '#dedc8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc8d;
$custom-light: #e9e6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.519,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8783,
    "c": 0.10031,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.68639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC8D

secondary

#5A5CB6

accent

#27C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC8D

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

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