Palettes / Colors / #DED9BF

#DED9BF — Light Muted Yellow

#DED9BF is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color Wheat (#F5DEB3). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: wheat (#F5DEB3) — not an exact match. CSS wheat gives you #F5DEB3, a different color; use #DED9BF when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#DED9BF is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BFC4DE; it also sits naturally between #DEC9BF and #D4DEBF. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 85% · Blue 75%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 14% · Key 13%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #DED9BF

.text { color: #DED9BF; }
.background { background-color: #DED9BF; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DED9BF; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 217, 191); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(50, 32%, 81%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DED9BF; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 217, 191, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DED9BF; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 217, 191, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#DED9BF">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#DED9BF">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #BFC4DE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #DED9BF: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DED9BF

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #DED9BF looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #DED9BF rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DED9BE  ·  #DED9C0 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DED9BF?

#DED9BF is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 217, 191). Its closest standard named color is Wheat.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DED9BF?

#DED9BF is RGB 222, 217, 191 — HSL 50°, 32%, 81% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 14%, 13%.

What colors go with #DED9BF?

Its complement is #BFC4DE; analogous partners are #DEC9BF and #D4DEBF. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DED9BF for text?

Black text on #DED9BF has a contrast ratio of 14.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.