#DEDCA8#DEDCA8

#DEDCA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.068 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCA8
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 24.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -7.53, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 26.95, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.33% -0.0186 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(88.33% 0.068 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7852, 69.5441, 47.1541)
Luminance	0.6954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCA8 #A8AADE

analogous

#DEC1A8 #DEDCA8 #C5DEA8

triadic

#DEDCA8 #A8DEDC #DCA8DE

tetradic

#DEDCA8 #A8DEC1 #A8AADE #DEA8C5

square

#DEDCA8 #A8DEC1 #A8AADE #DEA8C5

split-complementary

#DEDCA8 #A8C5DE #C1A8DE

monochromatic

#BCB84F #CDCA7C #DEDCA8 #EFEED4 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#DEDCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCA8

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCA8	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D8A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.068 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c2',
    500: '#dedca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedca8;
$custom-light: #e8e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88331,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCA8

secondary

#7476B6

accent

#32B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCA8

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

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