#DEDEAD#DEDEAD

#DEDEAD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.064 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEAD
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 173)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(60, 22%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.38, -7.86, 24.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.38, 25.37, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0195 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.064 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.7881, 70.7901, 49.8306)
Luminance	0.7079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEAD #ADADDE

analogous

#DEC6AD #DEDEAD #C6DEAD

triadic

#DEDEAD #ADDEDE #DEADDE

tetradic

#DEDEAD #ADDEC6 #ADADDE #DEADC6

square

#DEDEAD #ADDEC6 #ADADDE #DEADC6

split-complementary

#DEDEAD #ADC6DE #C6ADDE

monochromatic

#BBBB56 #CCCC81 #DEDEAD #F0F0D9 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#DEDEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#DEDEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEAD

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEAD	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6DAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.064 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8c5',
    500: '#dedead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedead;
$custom-light: #e8e8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88844,
    "c": 0.06428,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEAD

secondary

#7979B6

accent

#30B630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEAD

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

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