#DEDEB3#DEDEB3

#DEDEB3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.057 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEB3
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 179)
HSL	hsl(60, 39%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 19.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.50, -7.00, 21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.50, 22.29, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.017 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.057 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.3817, 71.0275, 52.9571)
Luminance	0.7103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEB3 #B3B3DE

analogous

#DEC8B3 #DEDEB3 #C8DEB3

triadic

#DEDEB3 #B3DEDE #DEB3DE

tetradic

#DEDEB3 #B3DEC8 #B3B3DE #DEB3C8

square

#DEDEB3 #B3DEC8 #B3B3DE #DEB3C8

split-complementary

#DEDEB3 #B3C8DE #C8B3DE

monochromatic

#B9B95E #CBCB88 #DEDEB3 #F1F1DE #F6F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEDEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#DEDEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEB3

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEB3	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6DAB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DCB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.057 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8ca',
    500: '#dedeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedeb3;
$custom-light: #e8e8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88974,
    "c": 0.05669,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEB3

secondary

#7F7FB6

accent

#33B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEB3

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

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