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#DEDEAA — Light Muted Yellow

#DEDEAA is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #DEDEAA 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.

#DEDEAA is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABABDE; it also sits naturally between #DEC4AB and #C4DEAB. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DEDEAA · RGB 222, 222, 170

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Color values

HEX#DEDEAA
RGB222, 222, 170
HSL60°, 44%, 77%
HSV60°, 23%, 87%
CMYK0%, 0%, 23%, 13%
XYZ63.50, 70.67, 48.32
Yxy70.67, 0.3480, 0.3873
CIE-Lab87.33, -8.27, 25.59
Hunter Lab84.07, -7.92, 20.97

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 87% · Green 87% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 23% · Key 13%

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

Previews

Sample text in #DEDEAA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #DEDEAA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #DEDEAA

.text { color: #DEDEAA; }
.background { background-color: #DEDEAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DEDEAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(222, 222, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 44%, 77%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DEDEAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(222, 222, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DEDEAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(222, 222, 170, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DEDEAA

#D4D491#C9C973#BFBF5A#B0B045#97973B#79792F#5F5F25#46461B#282810#0F0F06

Tints of #DEDEAA

#E1E1B2#E4E4B9#E7E7C1#EAEAC8#ECECCF#EEEED3#F1F1DA#F4F4E2#F6F6E9#F9F9F0

Tones of #DEDEAA

#DBDBAE#D7D7B2#D3D3B6#CFCFB9#CCCCBD#C8C8C1

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABABDE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.39:1 Fails
Against black text15.13:1 AAA

Best text color on #DEDEAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DEDEAA

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #DEDEAA: ·

How #DEDEAA looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DEDEB7Deuteranopia · #DEDEBATritanopia · #DEC1C3

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 932f67
#932F67 · #D92C54 · #DDDEAB · #8ABB6C
Palette F5f0bb
#F5F0BB · #DBDFAA · #B3C890 · #73A9AD
Palette E2dea9
#E2DEA9 · #D18CE0 · #ECA6A6 · #EEEEEE
Gentle Ruby Aurora
#E2DFA6 · #D4CF81 · #C0B949 · #B3AA2E
Silent Lagoon
#2F36B4 · #857EDD · #D9D36D · #E2DAAB
Palette Fcfaef
#FCFAEF · #E2E0A5 · #D3504A · #A63636

Similar colors

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

#DDDEAB#DBDFAA#E2DEA9#E2DFA6#E2DAAB#E2E0A5#DADDB1#E0D8B0#DCE7AD#DED7B1#E5D7AB#D6E4AB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DEDEA9  ·  #DEDEAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DEDEAA?

#DEDEAA is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 222, 222, 170). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DEDEAA?

#DEDEAA is RGB 222, 222, 170 — HSL 60°, 44%, 77% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 23%, 13%.

What colors go with #DEDEAA?

Its complement is #ABABDE; analogous partners are #DEC4AB and #C4DEAB. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DEDEAA for text?

Black text on #DEDEAA has a contrast ratio of 15.13:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.39:1.