#DEDEC4#DEDEC4

#DEDEC4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.035 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEC4
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 196)
HSL	hsl(60, 28%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -4.41, 12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 13.51, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0102 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.035 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.2082, 71.7581, 62.5766)
Luminance	0.7176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEC4 #C4C4DE

analogous

#DED1C4 #DEDEC4 #D1DEC4

triadic

#DEDEC4 #C4DEDE #DEC4DE

tetradic

#DEDEC4 #C4DED1 #C4C4DE #DEC4D1

square

#DEDEC4 #C4DED1 #C4C4DE #DEC4D1

split-complementary

#DEDEC4 #C4D1DE #D1C4DE

monochromatic

#B2B276 #C8C89D #DEDEC4 #F4F4EB #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEDEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#DEDEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEC4

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEC4	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3DDC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.035 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8d5',
    500: '#dedec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedec4;
$custom-light: #e8e8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 28.261,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8937,
    "c": 0.03467,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEC4

secondary

#9191B5

accent

#3FA73F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEC4

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

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