#DEDD8A#DEDD8A

#DEDD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.105 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD8A
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -11.73, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 42.52, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.032 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.105 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5689, 69.0787, 34.1827)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD8A #8A8BDE

analogous

#DEB38A #DEDD8A #B5DE8A

triadic

#DEDD8A #8ADEDD #DD8ADE

tetradic

#DEDD8A #8ADEB3 #8A8BDE #DE8AB5

square

#DEDD8A #8ADEB3 #8A8BDE #DE8AB5

split-complementary

#DEDD8A #8AB5DE #B38ADE

monochromatic

#B9B834 #D1CF5A #DEDD8A #EBEBBA #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#DEDD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD8A

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD8A	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.105 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7ad',
    500: '#dedd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd8a;
$custom-light: #e9e7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87988,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD8A

secondary

#5758B5

accent

#24C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD8A

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

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