#DED196#DED196

#DED196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.078 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED196
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -4.24, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 31.24, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0098 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.078 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4304, 63.3340, 37.9950)
Luminance	0.6333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED196 #96A3DE

analogous

#DEAD96 #DED196 #C7DE96

triadic

#DED196 #96DED1 #D196DE

tetradic

#DED196 #96DEAD #96A3DE #DE96C7

square

#DED196 #96DEAD #96A3DE #DE96C7

split-complementary

#DED196 #96C7DE #AD96DE

monochromatic

#BEA63C #CFBD67 #DED196 #EDE5C5 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DED196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED196

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED196	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.078 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfb5',
    500: '#ded196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded196;
$custom-light: #e9dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85732,
    "c": 0.07785,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED196

secondary

#6271B6

accent

#42C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED196

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

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