#DED397#DED397

#DED397 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.079 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED397
RGB	rgb(222, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -5.15, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 31.56, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0123 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.079 99)
XYZ	xyz(59.0050, 64.3539, 38.5855)
Luminance	0.6435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED397 #97A2DE

analogous

#DEAF97 #DED397 #C5DE97

triadic

#DED397 #97DED3 #D397DE

tetradic

#DED397 #97DEAF #97A2DE #DE97C5

square

#DED397 #97DEAF #97A2DE #DE97C5

split-complementary

#DED397 #97C5DE #AF97DE

monochromatic

#BEAA3C #CFBF69 #DED397 #EDE7C5 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DED397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED397

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED397	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.079 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e0b6',
    500: '#ded397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded397;
$custom-light: #e9e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86157,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.64352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED397

secondary

#6370B6

accent

#3EBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED397

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

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