#DEDC8F#DEDC8F

#DEDC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.098 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC8F
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 143)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -10.66, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 39.58, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.86% -0.0286 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(87.86% 0.098 107)
XYZ	xyz(60.6760, 68.7004, 36.0455)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC8F #8F91DE

analogous

#DEB58F #DEDC8F #B9DE8F

triadic

#DEDC8F #8FDEDC #DC8FDE

tetradic

#DEDC8F #8FDEB5 #8F91DE #DE8FB9

square

#DEDC8F #8FDEB5 #8F91DE #DE8FB9

split-complementary

#DEDC8F #8FB9DE #B58FDE

monochromatic

#BBB837 #D0CD60 #DEDC8F #ECEBBE #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#DEDC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC8F

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC8F	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.098 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6b0',
    500: '#dedc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc8f;
$custom-light: #e9e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87863,
    "c": 0.09803,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.68699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC8F

secondary

#5B5EB6

accent

#28C224

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC8F

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

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