#dedc8a

Color #dedc8a

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 6.4 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#dedc8a

RGB

rgb(222, 220, 138)

HSL

hsl(58.6, 56%, 70.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.6, 37.8%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 37.8%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(86.28, -11.22, 40.54)

LCH

lch(86.28, 42.06, 105.47)

OKLCH

oklch(87.8%, 0.1037, 107.16)

HWB

hwb(58.6, 54.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a8cde

Analogous

#deb28a

#dedc8a

#b6de8a

Triadic

#dedc8a

#8adedc

#dc8ade

Split-complementary

#dedc8a

#8ab6de

#b28ade

Tetradic

#dedc8a

#8cde8a

#8a8cde

#dc8ade

Square

#dedc8a

#8adeb2

#8a8cde

#de8ab6

Shades

Color #dedc8a mixed toward black.

#d1ce5b

#bbb835

#8c8a28

#5e5c1a

#2f2e0d

Tints

Color #dedc8a mixed toward white.

#e4e29e

#e9e8b1

#efeec5

#f4f3d8

#faf9ec

Tones

Color #dedc8a mixed toward gray.

#d7d591

#d0cf98

#c9c89f

#c2c1a6

#bbbbad

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.71:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dddda3 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#dddda8 · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#deb4b7 · ΔE 33

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dedc8a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dedc8a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dedc8a (#dedc8a) is rgb(222, 220, 138) in RGB.

No, #dedc8a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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