#DEDD8D#DEDD8D

#DEDD8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.101 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD8D
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 141)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -11.39, 39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 41.04, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0308 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.101 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.7891, 69.1668, 35.3424)
Luminance	0.6917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD8D #8D8EDE

analogous

#DEB48D #DEDD8D #B6DE8D

triadic

#DEDD8D #8DDEDD #DD8DDE

tetradic

#DEDD8D #8DDEB4 #8D8EDE #DE8DB6

square

#DEDD8D #8DDEB4 #8D8EDE #DE8DB6

split-complementary

#DEDD8D #8DB6DE #B48DDE

monochromatic

#BBB936 #D0CF5E #DEDD8D #ECEBBC #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#DEDD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD8D

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD8D	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.101 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7af',
    500: '#dedd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd8d;
$custom-light: #e9e7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88037,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD8D

secondary

#5A5BB6

accent

#25C323

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD8D

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

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