#DED189#DED189

#DED189 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.093 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED189
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -5.76, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 37.79, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0149 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.093 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4411, 62.9383, 32.7846)
Luminance	0.6294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED189 #8996DE

analogous

#DEA789 #DED189 #C0DE89

triadic

#DED189 #89DED1 #D189DE

tetradic

#DED189 #89DEA7 #8996DE #DE89C0

square

#DED189 #89DEA7 #8996DE #DE89C0

split-complementary

#DED189 #89C0DE #A789DE

monochromatic

#B9A534 #D1BE59 #DED189 #EBE4B9 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DED189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED189

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED189	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.093 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfac',
    500: '#ded189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded189;
$custom-light: #e9dfac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.824,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85499,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED189

secondary

#5664B5

accent

#3AC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED189

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

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