#DEDEC5#DEDEC5

#DEDEC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.033 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEC5
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 197)
HSL	hsl(60, 27%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 11.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -4.25, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 12.99, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0098 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.033 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.3224, 71.8038, 63.1781)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEC5 #C5C5DE

analogous

#DED2C5 #DEDEC5 #D2DEC5

triadic

#DEDEC5 #C5DEDE #DEC5DE

tetradic

#DEDEC5 #C5DED2 #C5C5DE #DEC5D2

square

#DEDEC5 #C5DED2 #C5C5DE #DEC5D2

split-complementary

#DEDEC5 #C5D2DE #D2C5DE

monochromatic

#B2B277 #C8C89E #DEDEC5 #F4F4EB #F4F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#DEDEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#DEDEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEC5

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEC5	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3DCC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3DDC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.033 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8d6',
    500: '#dedec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedec5;
$custom-light: #e8e8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 27.473,
    "l": 82.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89394,
    "c": 0.03336,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEC5

secondary

#9292B5

accent

#3FA63F

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEC5

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

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