#DED199#DED199

#DED199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.074 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED199
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -3.87, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 29.72, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0086 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.074 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6750, 63.4319, 39.2835)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED199 #99A6DE

analogous

#DEAE99 #DED199 #C8DE99

triadic

#DED199 #99DED1 #D199DE

tetradic

#DED199 #99DEAE #99A6DE #DE99C8

square

#DED199 #99DEAE #99A6DE #DE99C8

split-complementary

#DED199 #99C8DE #AE99DE

monochromatic

#BFA73E #CFBC6B #DED199 #EDE6C7 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DED199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED199

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED199	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.074 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfb7',
    500: '#ded199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded199;
$custom-light: #e9dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85789,
    "c": 0.07429,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED199

secondary

#6574B6

accent

#44BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED199

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

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