#DEDCB8#DEDCB8

#DEDCB8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.048 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCB8
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 184)
HSL	hsl(57, 37%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 17.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.08, -5.24, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.08, 18.72, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0121 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.048 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3685, 70.1774, 55.4928)
Luminance	0.7018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCB8 #B8BADE

analogous

#DEC9B8 #DEDCB8 #CDDEB8

triadic

#DEDCB8 #B8DEDC #DCB8DE

tetradic

#DEDCB8 #B8DEC9 #B8BADE #DEB8CD

square

#DEDCB8 #B8DEC9 #B8BADE #DEB8CD

split-complementary

#DEDCB8 #B8CDDE #C9B8DE

monochromatic

#B7B364 #CBC78E #DEDCB8 #F1F1E2 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DEDCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCB8

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCB8	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DBB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.048 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6cd',
    500: '#dedcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcb8;
$custom-light: #e8e6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88679,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCB8

secondary

#8487B6

accent

#3CAF36

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCB8

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

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