#DED49E#DED49E

#DED49E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.071 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED49E
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(51, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -4.78, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 28.43, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.011 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.071 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.8396, 65.0865, 41.7518)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED49E #9EA8DE

analogous

#DEB49E #DED49E #C8DE9E

triadic

#DED49E #9EDED4 #D49EDE

tetradic

#DED49E #9EDEB4 #9EA8DE #DE9EC8

square

#DED49E #9EDEB4 #9EA8DE #DE9EC8

split-complementary

#DED49E #9EC8DE #B49EDE

monochromatic

#BFAC43 #CEC070 #DED49E #EEE8CC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#DED49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED49E

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED49E	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.071 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1bb',
    500: '#ded49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded49e;
$custom-light: #e9e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86496,
    "c": 0.07132,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED49E

secondary

#6A76B6

accent

#40BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED49E

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

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