#DED396#DED396

#DED396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.080 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED396
RGB	rgb(222, 211, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -5.27, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 32.07, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.0127 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.08 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.9241, 64.3216, 38.1596)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED396 #96A1DE

analogous

#DEAF96 #DED396 #C5DE96

triadic

#DED396 #96DED3 #D396DE

tetradic

#DED396 #96DEAF #96A1DE #DE96C5

square

#DED396 #96DEAF #96A1DE #DE96C5

split-complementary

#DED396 #96C5DE #AF96DE

monochromatic

#BEAA3C #CFBF67 #DED396 #EDE7C5 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DED396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED396

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED396	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 211, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.080 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e0b5',
    500: '#ded396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded396;
$custom-light: #e9e0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86139,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED396

secondary

#626FB6

accent

#3DC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED396

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

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