#DEDCB5#DEDCB5

#DEDCB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.052 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCB5
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 181)
HSL	hsl(57, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.02, -5.69, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.02, 20.27, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0133 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.052 105)
XYZ	xyz(64.0574, 70.0529, 53.8541)
Luminance	0.7005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCB5 #B5B7DE

analogous

#DEC8B5 #DEDCB5 #CCDEB5

triadic

#DEDCB5 #B5DEDC #DCB5DE

tetradic

#DEDCB5 #B5DEC8 #B5B7DE #DEB5CC

square

#DEDCB5 #B5DEC8 #B5B7DE #DEB5CC

split-complementary

#DEDCB5 #B5CCDE #C8B5DE

monochromatic

#B8B460 #CBC88B #DEDCB5 #F1F0DF #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.01

#DEDCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCB5

15.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCB5	1.00	1.40	15.01	15.01
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D9B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DBB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.052 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6cb',
    500: '#dedcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcb5;
$custom-light: #e8e6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88611,
    "c": 0.05162,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.70052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCB5

secondary

#8184B6

accent

#3AB134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCB5

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

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