#DEDEA5#DEDEA5

#DEDEA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.074 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEA5
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.24, -8.95, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.24, 29.45, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0227 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.074 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0370, 70.4897, 45.8751)
Luminance	0.7049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEA5 #A5A5DE

analogous

#DEC1A5 #DEDEA5 #C1DEA5

triadic

#DEDEA5 #A5DEDE #DEA5DE

tetradic

#DEDEA5 #A5DEC1 #A5A5DE #DEA5C1

square

#DEDEA5 #A5DEC1 #A5A5DE #DEA5C1

split-complementary

#DEDEA5 #A5C1DE #C1A5DE

monochromatic

#BDBD4B #CECE78 #DEDEA5 #EEEED2 #F7F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEDEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#DEDEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEA5

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEA5	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.074 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e8c0',
    500: '#dedea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedea5;
$custom-light: #e9e8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8868,
    "c": 0.07424,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEA5

secondary

#7171B6

accent

#2CBA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEA5

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

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