#DED696#DED696

#DED696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.083 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED696
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -6.80, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 33.36, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0171 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.083 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.6764, 65.8261, 38.4103)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED696 #969EDE

analogous

#DEB296 #DED696 #C2DE96

triadic

#DED696 #96DED6 #D696DE

tetradic

#DED696 #96DEB2 #969EDE #DE96C2

square

#DED696 #96DEB2 #969EDE #DE96C2

split-complementary

#DED696 #96C2DE #B296DE

monochromatic

#BEAF3C #CFC467 #DED696 #EDE8C5 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DED696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED696

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED696	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.083 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e2b5',
    500: '#ded696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded696;
$custom-light: #e9e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86752,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED696

secondary

#626BB6

accent

#37C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED696

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

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