#DEDCB9#DEDCB9

#DEDCB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.046 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCB9
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 185)
HSL	hsl(57, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 16.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -5.09, 17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 18.21, 106.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0117 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.046 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.4737, 70.2195, 56.0468)
Luminance	0.7022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCB9 #B9BBDE

analogous

#DECAB9 #DEDCB9 #CEDEB9

triadic

#DEDCB9 #B9DEDC #DCB9DE

tetradic

#DEDCB9 #B9DECA #B9BBDE #DEB9CE

square

#DEDCB9 #B9DECA #B9BBDE #DEB9CE

split-complementary

#DEDCB9 #B9CEDE #CAB9DE

monochromatic

#B7B266 #CAC78F #DEDCB9 #F2F1E3 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#DEDCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#DEDCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCB9

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCB9	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)

#E3D9B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DBBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.046 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6ce',
    500: '#dedcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcb9;
$custom-light: #e8e6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88702,
    "c": 0.04647,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCB9

secondary

#8588B6

accent

#3DAF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCB9

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

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