#DED591#DED591

#DED591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.088 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED591
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 34.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -6.89, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 35.45, 101.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0177 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.088 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0300, 65.1639, 36.2509)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED591 #919ADE

analogous

#DEAF91 #DED591 #C1DE91

triadic

#DED591 #91DED5 #D591DE

tetradic

#DED591 #91DEAF #919ADE #DE91C1

square

#DED591 #91DEAF #919ADE #DE91C1

split-complementary

#DED591 #91C1DE #AF91DE

monochromatic

#BCAD38 #D0C362 #DED591 #ECE7C0 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#DED591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED591

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED591	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.088 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b2',
    500: '#ded591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded591;
$custom-light: #e9e1b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86456,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED591

secondary

#5D68B6

accent

#37C124

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED591

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

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