#DEDCA5#DEDCA5

#DEDCA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.072 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCA5
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 25.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -7.94, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 28.49, 106.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0198 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.072 106)
XYZ	xyz(62.5090, 69.4336, 45.6991)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCA5 #A5A7DE

analogous

#DEBFA5 #DEDCA5 #C3DEA5

triadic

#DEDCA5 #A5DEDC #DCA5DE

tetradic

#DEDCA5 #A5DEBF #A5A7DE #DEA5C3

square

#DEDCA5 #A5DEBF #A5A7DE #DEA5C3

split-complementary

#DEDCA5 #A5C3DE #BFA5DE

monochromatic

#BDB94B #CECB78 #DEDCA5 #EEEDD2 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DEDCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCA5

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCA5	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D8A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DAA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.072 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6c0',
    500: '#dedca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedca5;
$custom-light: #e9e6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8827,
    "c": 0.07178,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.69433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCA5

secondary

#7173B6

accent

#31BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCA5

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

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