#DED499#DED499

#DED499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.077 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED499
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.44, -5.41, 30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.44, 30.97, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.013 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.077 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4180, 64.9179, 39.5312)
Luminance	0.6492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED499 #99A3DE

analogous

#DEB199 #DED499 #C5DE99

triadic

#DED499 #99DED4 #D499DE

tetradic

#DED499 #99DEB1 #99A3DE #DE99C5

square

#DED499 #99DEB1 #99A3DE #DE99C5

split-complementary

#DED499 #99C5DE #B199DE

monochromatic

#BFAC3E #CFC16B #DED499 #EDE7C7 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#DED499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED499

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED499	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.077 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b7',
    500: '#ded499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded499;
$custom-light: #e9e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86399,
    "c": 0.07735,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED499

secondary

#6571B6

accent

#3DBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED499

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

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