#DEDCAE#DEDCAE

#DEDCAE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.061 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCAE
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 174)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 21.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -6.70, 22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 23.88, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0162 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.061 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3571, 69.7728, 50.1661)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCAE #AEB0DE

analogous

#DEC4AE #DEDCAE #C8DEAE

triadic

#DEDCAE #AEDEDC #DCAEDE

tetradic

#DEDCAE #AEDEC4 #AEB0DE #DEAEC8

square

#DEDCAE #AEDEC4 #AEB0DE #DEAEC8

split-complementary

#DEDCAE #AEC8DE #C4AEDE

monochromatic

#BBB657 #CCC983 #DEDCAE #F0EFD9 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#DEDCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCAE

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCAE	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D8AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DBB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.061 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c6',
    500: '#dedcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcae;
$custom-light: #e8e6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88457,
    "c": 0.06054,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCAE

secondary

#7A7CB6

accent

#36B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCAE

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

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