#DEDEC3#DEDEC3

#DEDEC3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.036 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEC3
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 195)
HSL	hsl(60, 29%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -4.57, 13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 14.03, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0106 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.036 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.0948, 71.7127, 61.9792)
Luminance	0.7171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEC3 #C3C3DE

analogous

#DED1C3 #DEDEC3 #D1DEC3

triadic

#DEDEC3 #C3DEDE #DEC3DE

tetradic

#DEDEC3 #C3DED1 #C3C3DE #DEC3D1

square

#DEDEC3 #C3DED1 #C3C3DE #DEC3D1

split-complementary

#DEDEC3 #C3D1DE #D1C3DE

monochromatic

#B3B374 #C8C89C #DEDEC3 #F4F4EA #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEDEC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#DEDEC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEC3

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEC3	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4DDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.036 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8d5',
    500: '#dedec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedec3;
$custom-light: #e8e8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89345,
    "c": 0.03598,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEC3

secondary

#9090B5

accent

#3EA83E

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEC3

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

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