#DED296#DED296

#DED296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.079 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED296
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -4.76, 31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 31.65, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0112 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.079 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6765, 63.8263, 38.0770)
Luminance	0.6382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED296 #96A2DE

analogous

#DEAE96 #DED296 #C6DE96

triadic

#DED296 #96DED2 #D296DE

tetradic

#DED296 #96DEAE #96A2DE #DE96C6

square

#DED296 #96DEAE #96A2DE #DE96C6

split-complementary

#DED296 #96C6DE #AE96DE

monochromatic

#BEA83C #CFBE67 #DED296 #EDE6C5 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DED296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED296

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED296	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.079 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfb5',
    500: '#ded296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded296;
$custom-light: #e9dfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85935,
    "c": 0.07886,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED296

secondary

#6270B6

accent

#40C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED296

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

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