#DED699#DED699

#DED699 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.079 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED699
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.96, -6.43, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.96, 31.84, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0159 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.079 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9211, 65.9240, 39.6989)
Luminance	0.6592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED699 #99A1DE

analogous

#DEB399 #DED699 #C3DE99

triadic

#DED699 #99DED6 #D699DE

tetradic

#DED699 #99DEB3 #99A1DE #DE99C3

square

#DED699 #99DEB3 #99A1DE #DE99C3

split-complementary

#DED699 #99C3DE #B399DE

monochromatic

#BFB03E #CFC36B #DED699 #EDE9C7 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#DED699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED699

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED699	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.079 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e2b7',
    500: '#ded699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded699;
$custom-light: #e9e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86808,
    "c": 0.07949,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED699

secondary

#656EB6

accent

#39BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED699

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

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