#DEDCAF#DEDCAF

#DEDCAF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.059 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCAF
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 175)
HSL	hsl(57, 42%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 21%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 21.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -6.56, 22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 23.36, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.48% -0.0158 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(88.48% 0.059 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.4550, 69.8120, 50.6814)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCAF #AFB1DE

analogous

#DEC4AF #DEDCAF #C8DEAF

triadic

#DEDCAF #AFDEDC #DCAFDE

tetradic

#DEDCAF #AFDEC4 #AFB1DE #DEAFC8

square

#DEDCAF #AFDEC4 #AFB1DE #DEAFC8

split-complementary

#DEDCAF #AFC8DE #C4AFDE

monochromatic

#BAB658 #CCC984 #DEDCAF #F0EFDA #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#DEDCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCAF

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCAF	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D8AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DBB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.059 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6c7',
    500: '#dedcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcaf;
$custom-light: #e8e6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88478,
    "c": 0.05927,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCAF

secondary

#7B7DB6

accent

#36B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCAF

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

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