#DEDCA0#DEDCA0

#DEDCA0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.078 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCA0
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 160)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 27.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -8.59, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 31.03, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0218 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.078 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.0628, 69.2551, 43.3490)
Luminance	0.6925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCA0 #A0A2DE

analogous

#DEBDA0 #DEDCA0 #C1DEA0

triadic

#DEDCA0 #A0DEDC #DCA0DE

tetradic

#DEDCA0 #A0DEBD #A0A2DE #DEA0C1

square

#DEDCA0 #A0DEBD #A0A2DE #DEA0C1

split-complementary

#DEDCA0 #A0C1DE #BDA0DE

monochromatic

#BEBB45 #CECB73 #DEDCA0 #EEEDCD #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDCA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#DEDCA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCA0

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCA0	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.078 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6bc',
    500: '#dedca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedca0;
$custom-light: #e9e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 48.438,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88171,
    "c": 0.07792,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCA0

secondary

#6C6EB6

accent

#2EBC2A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCA0

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

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