#DEDEB5#DEDEB5

#DEDEB5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.054 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEB5
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 38%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 18%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.54, -6.71, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.54, 21.26, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.02% -0.0162 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.02% 0.054 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.5855, 71.1090, 54.0301)
Luminance	0.7111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEB5 #B5B5DE

analogous

#DECAB5 #DEDEB5 #CADEB5

triadic

#DEDEB5 #B5DEDE #DEB5DE

tetradic

#DEDEB5 #B5DECA #B5B5DE #DEB5CA

square

#DEDEB5 #B5DECA #B5B5DE #DEB5CA

split-complementary

#DEDEB5 #B5CADE #CAB5DE

monochromatic

#B8B860 #CBCB8B #DEDEB5 #F1F1DF #F6F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEDEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#DEDEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEB5

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEB5	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6DCB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.054 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8cb',
    500: '#dedeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedeb5;
$custom-light: #e8e8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 38.318,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89018,
    "c": 0.05413,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEB5

secondary

#8181B6

accent

#34B134

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#161613

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEB5

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

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