#dedc8f

Color #dedc8f

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 8.1 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#dedc8f

RGB

rgb(222, 220, 143)

HSL

hsl(58.5, 54.5%, 71.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.5, 35.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 35.6%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(86.36, -10.66, 38.12)

LCH

lch(86.36, 39.58, 105.62)

OKLCH

oklch(87.9%, 0.0981, 106.96)

HWB

hwb(58.5, 56.1%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f91de

Analogous

#deb58f

#dedc8f

#b9de8f

Triadic

#dedc8f

#8fdedc

#dc8fde

Split-complementary

#dedc8f

#8fb9de

#b58fde

Tetradic

#dedc8f

#91de8f

#8f91de

#dc8fde

Square

#dedc8f

#8fdeb5

#8f91de

#de8fb9

Shades

Color #dedc8f mixed toward black.

#d0cd60

#bcb937

#8d8b2a

#5e5c1c

#2f2e0e

Tints

Color #dedc8f mixed toward white.

#e4e2a2

#e9e8b4

#efeec7

#f4f3da

#faf9ec

Tones

Color #dedc8f mixed toward gray.

#d7d696

#d1d09c

#cac9a3

#c4c3a9

#bdbdb0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.74:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dddda6 · ΔE 4.5

Deuteranopia

#ddddab · ΔE 5.6

Tritanopia

#deb6b9 · ΔE 32.1

Achromatopsia

#d8d8d8 · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dedc8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dedc8f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dedc8f (#dedc8f) is rgb(222, 220, 143) in RGB.

No, #dedc8f 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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