#DED17E#DED17E

#DED17E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED17E
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -6.92, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 43.24, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0192 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6919, 62.6386, 28.8388)
Luminance	0.6264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED17E #7E8BDE

analogous

#DEA17E #DED17E #BBDE7E

triadic

#DED17E #7EDED1 #D17EDE

tetradic

#DED17E #7EDEA1 #7E8BDE #DE7EBB

square

#DED17E #7EDEA1 #7E8BDE #DE7EBB

split-complementary

#DED17E #7EBBDE #A17EDE

monochromatic

#B4A22E #D2C04D #DED17E #EAE2AF #F7F4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#DED17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED17E

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED17E	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadea4',
    500: '#ded17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded17e;
$custom-light: #eadea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85323,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED17E

secondary

#4B5AB5

accent

#35C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED17E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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