#DED596#DED596

#DED596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.082 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED596
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -6.29, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 32.93, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0157 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.082 101)
XYZ	xyz(59.4241, 65.3215, 38.3262)
Luminance	0.6532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED596 #969FDE

analogous

#DEB196 #DED596 #C3DE96

triadic

#DED596 #96DED5 #D596DE

tetradic

#DED596 #96DEB1 #969FDE #DE96C3

square

#DED596 #96DEB1 #969FDE #DE96C3

split-complementary

#DED596 #96C3DE #B196DE

monochromatic

#BEAE3C #CFC267 #DED596 #EDE8C5 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DED596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED596

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED596	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.082 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b5',
    500: '#ded596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded596;
$custom-light: #e9e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86547,
    "c": 0.08199,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.6532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED596

secondary

#626DB6

accent

#39C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED596

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

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