#DED491#DED491

#DED491 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.087 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED491
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 145)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 34.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -6.38, 34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 35.02, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0162 0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.087 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7793, 64.6624, 36.1673)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED491 #919BDE

analogous

#DEAE91 #DED491 #C2DE91

triadic

#DED491 #91DED4 #D491DE

tetradic

#DED491 #91DEAE #919BDE #DE91C2

square

#DED491 #91DEAE #919BDE #DE91C2

split-complementary

#DED491 #91C2DE #AE91DE

monochromatic

#BCAB38 #D0C262 #DED491 #ECE6C0 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DED491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED491

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED491	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.087 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b2',
    500: '#ded491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded491;
$custom-light: #e9e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.208,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86252,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED491

secondary

#5D69B6

accent

#39C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED491

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

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