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Sesame Seed

#DED9B8

Contrast at a glance

White text

1.43:1Fails

Black text

13.88:1AAA

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About Sesame Seed

Sesame Seed (#DED9B8) is a light muted yellow. Its RGB value is 222, 217, 184 and its HSL value is 52°, 37%, 80%. Black text reads best on it, at a contrast ratio of 13.88:1 (WCAG AAA). Below are ten tints and shades of Sesame Seed, plus complementary, analogous, triadic, and split-complementary palettes built from it.

Tints

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Complementary

#DED9B8 · #B8BDDE

Analogous

#DEC6B8 · #DED9B8 · #D0DEB8

Triadic

#DED9B8 · #B8DED9 · #D9B8DE

Split complementary

#DED9B8 · #B8D0DE · #C6B8DE

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