#DED1AB

sRGB: 222 / 209 / 171

Thunderous oceans fracture ancient heavens
Electric visions disappear beneath stillness
Brilliant stars defy the passing ages

#DED1AB belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 222 red, 209 green and 171 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 44.7° lands in the orange region. Its 43.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 77.1% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (13.81:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 222, 209, 171
HSL: 44.71°, 43.59%, 77.06%
HSV / HSB: 44.71°, 22.97%, 87.06%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 5.86%, 22.97%, 12.94%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 60.273, 64.071, 47.721
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 84.003, -1.478, 20.510
WCAG relative luminance: 0.64071
24-bit decimal: 14602667

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #DED1AB in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 13.81:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.52:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#ABB8DE sits half a turn (180°) from #DED1AB on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#DED1AB #ABB8DE

Analogous

#DEB7AB and #D2DEAB sit 30° to either side of #DED1AB. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#DEB7AB #DED1AB #D2DEAB

Triadic

#DED1AB, #ABDED1 and #D1ABDE are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#DED1AB #ABDED1 #D1ABDE

Split complementary

Start at #DED1AB and look across the wheel. #ABD2DE and #B8ABDE sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#DED1AB #ABD2DE #B8ABDE

Square

Starting with #DED1AB, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #ABDEB7, #ABB8DE, then #DEABD1. Across the square, #DED1AB pairs with #ABB8DE, and #ABDEB7 with #DEABD1.

#DED1AB #ABDEB7 #ABB8DE #DEABD1

Tetradic

#DED1AB and #ABB8DE are opposites, as are #B8DEAB and #D1ABDE. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#DED1AB #B8DEAB #ABB8DE #D1ABDE

Tints

Mixing #DED1AB with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #E5DABC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F8F6EE, the mixture is 80% white.

#DED1AB #E5DABC #EBE3CD #F2EDDD #F8F6EE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #DED1AB with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B2A789, keeps 80% of the original. By #2C2A22, the mixture is 80% black.

#DED1AB #B2A789 #857D67 #595444 #2C2A22 #000000

Tones

Mixing #DED1AB with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CBC1A2, keeps 80% of the original. By #939089, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#DED1AB #CBC1A2 #B8B19A #A6A091 #939089 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#DED1AB

RGB

rgb(222 209 171)

HSL

hsl(44.706 43.590% 77.059%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #DED1AB;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#DED1AB uses 222 red, 209 green and 171 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 87.1%

Green 82.0%

Blue 67.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #DED1AB is 0.0% cyan, 5.9% magenta, 23.0% yellow and 12.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 5.9%

Yellow 23.0%

Black 12.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #DDCCAA. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #DCA in CSS. For a modern design, keep #DED1AB when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #DDCCAA Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#DED1AB #D6CDB4 #CDC9BC #C5C5C5 #BCC0CD #B4BCD6 #ABB8DE

Color vision previews

Compare how #DED1AB appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#DACFA9

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#DDD3AC

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#E7CBC7

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DBD0AA

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#DDD2AC

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#E0CFB6

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#D1D1D1

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#D8D1BF

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.73046 G 0.63760 B 0.40724

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.86183 G 0.82137 B 0.68681

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.71397 G 0.64068 B 0.42944

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.350 y 0.372 Y 64.071

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 12.941 M % 18.039 Y % 32.941

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11011110 11010001 10101011