#DEDDB5#DEDDB5

#DEDDB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.053 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDDB5
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 181)
HSL	hsl(59, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(59, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.28, -6.20, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.28, 20.76, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0148 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.053 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3206, 70.5794, 53.9419)
Luminance	0.7058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDDB5 #B5B6DE

analogous

#DEC9B5 #DEDDB5 #CBDEB5

triadic

#DEDDB5 #B5DEDD #DDB5DE

tetradic

#DEDDB5 #B5DEC9 #B5B6DE #DEB5CB

square

#DEDDB5 #B5DEC9 #B5B6DE #DEB5CB

split-complementary

#DEDDB5 #B5CBDE #C9B5DE

monochromatic

#B8B660 #CBCA8B #DEDDB5 #F1F0DF #F6F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEDDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.12

#DEDDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDDB5

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDDB5	1.00	1.39	15.12	15.12
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deddb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.053 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e7cb',
    500: '#deddb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deddb5;
$custom-light: #e8e7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deddb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88814,
    "c": 0.05287,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDDB5

secondary

#8182B6

accent

#37B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDDB5

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

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