#DEDC8E#DEDC8E

#DEDC8E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.099 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC8E
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 142)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -10.78, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 40.08, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.029 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.099 107)
XYZ	xyz(60.6006, 68.6702, 35.6483)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC8E #8E90DE

analogous

#DEB48E #DEDC8E #B8DE8E

triadic

#DEDC8E #8EDEDC #DC8EDE

tetradic

#DEDC8E #8EDEB4 #8E90DE #DE8EB8

square

#DEDC8E #8EDEB4 #8E90DE #DE8EB8

split-complementary

#DEDC8E #8EB8DE #B48EDE

monochromatic

#BBB837 #D0CD5F #DEDC8E #ECEBBD #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#DEDC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC8E

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC8E	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)

#E8D688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.099 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6b0',
    500: '#dedc8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc8e;
$custom-light: #e9e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87847,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.68669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC8E

secondary

#5A5DB6

accent

#27C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC8E

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

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