#DEDD87#DEDD87

#DEDD87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.108 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD87
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 135)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -12.05, 42.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 43.99, 105.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0332 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.108 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3547, 68.9930, 33.0546)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD87 #8788DE

analogous

#DEB187 #DEDD87 #B4DE87

triadic

#DEDD87 #87DEDD #DD87DE

tetradic

#DEDD87 #87DEB1 #8788DE #DE87B4

square

#DEDD87 #87DEB1 #8788DE #DE87B4

split-complementary

#DEDD87 #87B4DE #B187DE

monochromatic

#B8B633 #D1CF57 #DEDD87 #EBEBB7 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD87

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD87	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.108 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7ab',
    500: '#dedd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd87;
$custom-light: #e9e7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.31,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87941,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD87

secondary

#5455B5

accent

#23C421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD87

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

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