#DEDEC9#DEDEC9

#DEDEC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.028 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDEC9
RGB	rgb(222, 222, 201)
HSL	hsl(60, 24%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -3.60, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 10.92, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0082 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.028 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.7868, 71.9896, 65.6240)
Luminance	0.7199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDEC9 #C9C9DE

analogous

#DED3C9 #DEDEC9 #D3DEC9

triadic

#DEDEC9 #C9DEDE #DEC9DE

tetradic

#DEDEC9 #C9DED3 #C9C9DE #DEC9D3

square

#DEDEC9 #C9DED3 #C9C9DE #DEC9D3

split-complementary

#DEDEC9 #C9D3DE #D3C9DE

monochromatic

#B0B07D #C7C7A3 #DEDEC9 #F3F3EC #F3F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DEDEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#DEDEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDEC9

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDEC9	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2DCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2DDCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 222, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.028 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e8d9',
    500: '#dedec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedec9;
$custom-light: #e8e8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89494,
    "c": 0.02808,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.71989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDEC9

secondary

#9696B5

accent

#43A343

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FCFCFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDEC9

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

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