#DED39E#DED39E

#DED39E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.070 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED39E
RGB	rgb(222, 211, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -4.26, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 28.00, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0095 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.07 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.5904, 64.5881, 41.6688)
Luminance	0.6459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED39E #9EA9DE

analogous

#DEB39E #DED39E #C9DE9E

triadic

#DED39E #9EDED3 #D39EDE

tetradic

#DED39E #9EDEB3 #9EA9DE #DE9EC9

square

#DED39E #9EDEB3 #9EA9DE #DE9EC9

split-complementary

#DED39E #9EC9DE #B39EDE

monochromatic

#BFAA43 #CEBE70 #DED39E #EEE8CC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#DED39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED39E

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED39E	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 211, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.070 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e0bb',
    500: '#ded39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded39e;
$custom-light: #e9e0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.687,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86293,
    "c": 0.07028,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED39E

secondary

#6A77B6

accent

#42BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED39E

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

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