#DED495#DED495

#DED495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.082 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED495
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 149)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 32.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -5.90, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 33.00, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0146 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.082 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0932, 64.7879, 37.8204)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED495 #959FDE

analogous

#DEAF95 #DED495 #C3DE95

triadic

#DED495 #95DED4 #D495DE

tetradic

#DED495 #95DEAF #959FDE #DE95C3

square

#DED495 #95DEAF #959FDE #DE95C3

split-complementary

#DED495 #95C3DE #AF95DE

monochromatic

#BEAC3B #CFC166 #DED495 #EDE7C4 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#DED495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED495

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED495	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.082 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b4',
    500: '#ded495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded495;
$custom-light: #e9e1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86324,
    "c": 0.08211,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED495

secondary

#616DB6

accent

#3BC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED495

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

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