#DED18E#DED18E

#DED18E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.087 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED18E
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 142)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -5.19, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 35.28, 98.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0129 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.087 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8081, 63.0851, 34.7174)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED18E #8E9BDE

analogous

#DEA98E #DED18E #C3DE8E

triadic

#DED18E #8EDED1 #D18EDE

tetradic

#DED18E #8EDEA9 #8E9BDE #DE8EC3

square

#DED18E #8EDEA9 #8E9BDE #DE8EC3

split-complementary

#DED18E #8EC3DE #A98EDE

monochromatic

#BBA537 #D0BE5F #DED18E #ECE4BD #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#DED18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED18E

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED18E	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D290

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.087 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfaf',
    500: '#ded18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded18e;
$custom-light: #e9dfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85585,
    "c": 0.08722,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED18E

secondary

#5A69B6

accent

#3DC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED18E

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

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