#DED59E#DED59E

#DED59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.072 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED59E
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -5.29, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 28.86, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0124 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.072 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0904, 65.5880, 41.8354)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED59E #9EA7DE

analogous

#DEB59E #DED59E #C7DE9E

triadic

#DED59E #9EDED5 #D59EDE

tetradic

#DED59E #9EDEB5 #9EA7DE #DE9EC7

square

#DED59E #9EDEB5 #9EA7DE #DE9EC7

split-complementary

#DED59E #9EC7DE #B59EDE

monochromatic

#BFAD43 #CEC170 #DED59E #EEE9CC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#DED59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED59E

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED59E	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.072 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e1bb',
    500: '#ded59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded59e;
$custom-light: #e9e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.867,
    "c": 0.07238,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED59E

secondary

#6A75B6

accent

#3EBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED59E

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

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