#DED28E#DED28E

#DED28E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.088 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED28E
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 142)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -5.71, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 35.69, 99.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0144 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.088 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.0542, 63.5773, 34.7995)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED28E #8E9ADE

analogous

#DEAA8E #DED28E #C2DE8E

triadic

#DED28E #8EDED2 #D28EDE

tetradic

#DED28E #8EDEAA #8E9ADE #DE8EC2

square

#DED28E #8EDEAA #8E9ADE #DE8EC2

split-complementary

#DED28E #8EC2DE #AA8EDE

monochromatic

#BBA737 #D0BF5F #DED28E #ECE5BD #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#DED28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED28E

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED28E	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.088 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfb0',
    500: '#ded28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded28e;
$custom-light: #e9dfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8579,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED28E

secondary

#5A68B6

accent

#3BC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED28E

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

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