#DEDEA9#DEDEA9

#DEDEA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.069 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEA9
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 24%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.31, -8.41, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.31, 27.41, 107.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0211 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.069 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4068, 70.6376, 47.8226)
Luminance	0.7064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEA9 #A9A9DE

analogous

#DEC4A9 #DEDEA9 #C4DEA9

triadic

#DEDEA9 #A9DEDE #DEA9DE

tetradic

#DEDEA9 #A9DEC4 #A9A9DE #DEA9C4

square

#DEDEA9 #A9DEC4 #A9A9DE #DEA9C4

split-complementary

#DEDEA9 #A9C4DE #C4A9DE

monochromatic

#BCBC51 #CDCD7D #DEDEA9 #EFEFD5 #F7F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEDEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#DEDEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEA9

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEA9	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D9A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DCAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.069 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8c3',
    500: '#dedea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedea9;
$custom-light: #e8e8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88761,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEA9

secondary

#7575B6

accent

#2EB82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161612

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEA9

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

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