#DED185#DED185

#DED185 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.097 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED185
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -6.20, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 39.78, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0165 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.097 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1594, 62.8257, 31.3013)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED185 #8592DE

analogous

#DEA585 #DED185 #BFDE85

triadic

#DED185 #85DED1 #D185DE

tetradic

#DED185 #85DEA5 #8592DE #DE85BF

square

#DED185 #85DEA5 #8592DE #DE85BF

split-complementary

#DED185 #85BFDE #A585DE

monochromatic

#B7A432 #D1BF55 #DED185 #EBE3B5 #F8F5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DED185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED185

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED185	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCD7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.097 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dea9',
    500: '#ded185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded185;
$custom-light: #e9dea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.236,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85433,
    "c": 0.09742,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED185

secondary

#5260B5

accent

#39C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED185

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

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