#DEDCC9#DEDCC9

#DEDCC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.026 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDCC9
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(54, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(54, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -2.58, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 9.92, 105.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0053 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.026 102)
XYZ	xyz(66.2588, 70.9335, 65.4480)
Luminance	0.7093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDCC9 #C9CBDE

analogous

#DED1C9 #DEDCC9 #D5DEC9

triadic

#DEDCC9 #C9DEDC #DCC9DE

tetradic

#DEDCC9 #C9DED1 #C9CBDE #DEC9D5

square

#DEDCC9 #C9DED1 #C9CBDE #DEC9D5

split-complementary

#DEDCC9 #C9D5DE #D1C9DE

monochromatic

#B0AB7D #C7C3A3 #DEDCC9 #F3F3EC #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEDCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#DEDCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDCC9

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDCC9	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0DAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1DCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.026 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e6d9',
    500: '#dedcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedcc9;
$custom-light: #e8e6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89092,
    "c": 0.02556,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.70933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDCC9

secondary

#9699B5

accent

#4CA343

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDCC9

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

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