#DEDCC5#DEDCC5

#DEDCC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.031 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCC5
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 197)
HSL	hsl(55, 27%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(55, 11%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.36, -3.22, 11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.36, 11.99, 105.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.99% -0.0069 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(88.99% 0.031 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7944, 70.7477, 63.0021)
Luminance	0.7075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCC5 #C5C7DE

analogous

#DED0C5 #DEDCC5 #D4DEC5

triadic

#DEDCC5 #C5DEDC #DCC5DE

tetradic

#DEDCC5 #C5DED0 #C5C7DE #DEC5D4

square

#DEDCC5 #C5DED0 #C5C7DE #DEC5D4

split-complementary

#DEDCC5 #C5D4DE #D0C5DE

monochromatic

#B2AD77 #C8C49E #DEDCC5 #F4F3EB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEDCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#DEDCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCC5

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCC5	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1DAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2DCC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.031 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6d6',
    500: '#dedcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcc5;
$custom-light: #e8e6d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88991,
    "c": 0.03082,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCC5

secondary

#9295B5

accent

#48A63F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCC5

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

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