#DED494#DED494

#DED494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.083 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED494
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 148)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 33.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.36, -6.02, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.36, 33.51, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.015 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.083 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.0137, 64.7561, 37.4017)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED494 #949EDE

analogous

#DEAF94 #DED494 #C3DE94

triadic

#DED494 #94DED4 #D494DE

tetradic

#DED494 #94DEAF #949EDE #DE94C3

square

#DED494 #94DEAF #949EDE #DE94C3

split-complementary

#DED494 #94C3DE #AF94DE

monochromatic

#BDAC3A #D0C165 #DED494 #ECE7C3 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#DED494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED494

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED494	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.083 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b4',
    500: '#ded494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded494;
$custom-light: #e9e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86306,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED494

secondary

#606CB6

accent

#3AC025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED494

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

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