#DEDEB9#DEDEB9

#DEDEB9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.049 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEB9
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 185)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -6.11, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 19.20, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0146 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.049 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0018, 71.2756, 56.2228)
Luminance	0.7127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEB9 #B9B9DE

analogous

#DECCB9 #DEDEB9 #CCDEB9

triadic

#DEDEB9 #B9DEDE #DEB9DE

tetradic

#DEDEB9 #B9DECC #B9B9DE #DEB9CC

square

#DEDEB9 #B9DECC #B9B9DE #DEB9CC

split-complementary

#DEDEB9 #B9CCDE #CCB9DE

monochromatic

#B7B766 #CACA8F #DEDEB9 #F2F2E3 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#DEDEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#DEDEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEB9

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEB9	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DBB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DCBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.049 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8ce',
    500: '#dedeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedeb9;
$custom-light: #e8e8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89108,
    "c": 0.049,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEB9

secondary

#8585B6

accent

#37AF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFA

border

#D5D5D3

text

#161613

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEB9

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

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