#DED197#DED197

#DED197 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.077 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED197
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.63, -4.12, 30.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.63, 30.73, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0094 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.077 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.5112, 63.3664, 38.4209)
Luminance	0.6337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED197 #97A4DE

analogous

#DEAD97 #DED197 #C7DE97

triadic

#DED197 #97DED1 #D197DE

tetradic

#DED197 #97DEAD #97A4DE #DE97C7

square

#DED197 #97DEAD #97A4DE #DE97C7

split-complementary

#DED197 #97C7DE #AD97DE

monochromatic

#BEA63C #CFBC69 #DED197 #EDE6C5 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DED197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED197

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED197	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)

#DCCE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.077 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfb6',
    500: '#ded197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded197;
$custom-light: #e9dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8575,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.63365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED197

secondary

#6372B6

accent

#42BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED197

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

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