#DED299#DED299

#DED299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.075 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED299
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -4.38, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 30.13, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.01 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.075 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9212, 63.9241, 39.3656)
Luminance	0.6392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED299 #99A5DE

analogous

#DEAF99 #DED299 #C7DE99

triadic

#DED299 #99DED2 #D299DE

tetradic

#DED299 #99DEAF #99A5DE #DE99C7

square

#DED299 #99DEAF #99A5DE #DE99C7

split-complementary

#DED299 #99C7DE #AF99DE

monochromatic

#BFA83E #CFBE6B #DED299 #EDE6C7 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DED299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED299

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED299	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CAC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.075 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfb7',
    500: '#ded299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded299;
$custom-light: #e9dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85992,
    "c": 0.07528,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED299

secondary

#6573B6

accent

#41BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED299

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

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