#DED697#DED697

#DED697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.082 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED697
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(53, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -6.68, 32.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 32.86, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0167 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.082 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7573, 65.8584, 38.8362)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED697 #979FDE

analogous

#DEB297 #DED697 #C2DE97

triadic

#DED697 #97DED6 #D697DE

tetradic

#DED697 #97DEB2 #979FDE #DE97C2

square

#DED697 #97DEB2 #979FDE #DE97C2

split-complementary

#DED697 #97C2DE #B297DE

monochromatic

#BEB03C #CFC469 #DED697 #EDE8C5 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DED697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED697

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED697	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)

#E1D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.082 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e2b6',
    500: '#ded697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded697;
$custom-light: #e9e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8677,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED697

secondary

#636CB6

accent

#38BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED697

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

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