#dedd8e

Color #dedd8e

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 7.45 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#dedd8e

RGB

rgb(222, 221, 142)

HSL

hsl(59.3, 54.8%, 71.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(59.3, 36%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 36%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(86.6, -11.28, 38.94)

LCH

lch(86.6, 40.54, 106.16)

OKLCH

oklch(88.1%, 0.1003, 107.69)

HWB

hwb(59.3, 55.7%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e8fde

Analogous

#deb58e

#dedd8e

#b7de8e

Triadic

#dedd8e

#8ededd

#dd8ede

Split-complementary

#dedd8e

#8eb7de

#b58ede

Tetradic

#dedd8e

#8fde8e

#8e8fde

#dd8ede

Square

#dedd8e

#8edeb5

#8e8fde

#de8eb7

Shades

Color #dedd8e mixed toward black.

#d0cf5f

#bcba37

#8d8c29

#5e5d1b

#2f2f0e

Tints

Color #dedd8e mixed toward white.

#e4e3a1

#e9e8b4

#efeec7

#f4f4d9

#faf9ec

Tones

Color #dedd8e mixed toward gray.

#d7d795

#d1d09b

#cacaa2

#c3c3a9

#bdbdaf

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dedea6 · ΔE 4.6

Deuteranopia

#dedeab · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#deb6b9 · ΔE 32.5

Achromatopsia

#d9d9d9 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #dedd8e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#dedd8e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#dedd8e (#dedd8e) is rgb(222, 221, 142) in RGB.

No, #dedd8e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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