#DED38E#DED38E

#DED38E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.089 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED38E
RGB	rgb(222, 211, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -6.22, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 36.11, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0159 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.089 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3018, 64.0727, 34.8820)
Luminance	0.6407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED38E #8E99DE

analogous

#DEAB8E #DED38E #C1DE8E

triadic

#DED38E #8EDED3 #D38EDE

tetradic

#DED38E #8EDEAB #8E99DE #DE8EC1

square

#DED38E #8EDEAB #8E99DE #DE8EC1

split-complementary

#DED38E #8EC1DE #AB8EDE

monochromatic

#BBA937 #D0C15F #DED38E #ECE5BD #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DED38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED38E

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED38E	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 211, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.089 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e0b0',
    500: '#ded38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded38e;
$custom-light: #e9e0b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85994,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED38E

secondary

#5A67B6

accent

#39C223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED38E

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

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