#DEDCA9#DEDCA9

#DEDCA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.067 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCA9
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -7.39, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 26.44, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0182 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.067 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8788, 69.5815, 47.6466)
Luminance	0.6958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCA9 #A9ABDE

analogous

#DEC2A9 #DEDCA9 #C6DEA9

triadic

#DEDCA9 #A9DEDC #DCA9DE

tetradic

#DEDCA9 #A9DEC2 #A9ABDE #DEA9C6

square

#DEDCA9 #A9DEC2 #A9ABDE #DEA9C6

split-complementary

#DEDCA9 #A9C6DE #C2A9DE

monochromatic

#BCB851 #CDCA7D #DEDCA9 #EFEED5 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#DEDCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCA9

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCA9	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.067 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c2',
    500: '#dedca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedca9;
$custom-light: #e8e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88351,
    "c": 0.06682,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCA9

secondary

#7577B6

accent

#33B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCA9

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

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