#DED599#DED599

#DED599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.078 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED599
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -5.92, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 31.40, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0145 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.078 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.6688, 65.4194, 39.6148)
Luminance	0.6542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED599 #99A2DE

analogous

#DEB299 #DED599 #C4DE99

triadic

#DED599 #99DED5 #D599DE

tetradic

#DED599 #99DEB2 #99A2DE #DE99C4

square

#DED599 #99DEB2 #99A2DE #DE99C4

split-complementary

#DED599 #99C4DE #B299DE

monochromatic

#BFAE3E #CFC26B #DED599 #EDE8C7 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DED599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED599

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED599	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.078 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1b7',
    500: '#ded599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded599;
$custom-light: #e9e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86603,
    "c": 0.0784,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED599

secondary

#6570B6

accent

#3BBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED599

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

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