#DED49D#DED49D

#DED49D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.073 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED49D
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -4.90, 28.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 28.94, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0114 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.073 99)
XYZ	xyz(59.7539, 65.0522, 41.3004)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED49D #9DA7DE

analogous

#DEB49D #DED49D #C8DE9D

triadic

#DED49D #9DDED4 #D49DDE

tetradic

#DED49D #9DDEB4 #9DA7DE #DE9DC8

square

#DED49D #9DDEB4 #9DA7DE #DE9DC8

split-complementary

#DED49D #9DC8DE #B49DDE

monochromatic

#BFAC41 #CFC06F #DED49D #EDE8CB #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#DED49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED49D

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED49D	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.073 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1ba',
    500: '#ded49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded49d;
$custom-light: #e9e1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86477,
    "c": 0.07253,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.65051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED49D

secondary

#6975B6

accent

#3FBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED49D

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

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