#DED69E#DED69E

#DED69E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.073 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED69E
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 158)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -5.80, 28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 29.30, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0139 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.073 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3427, 66.0926, 41.9195)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED69E #9EA6DE

analogous

#DEB69E #DED69E #C6DE9E

triadic

#DED69E #9EDED6 #D69EDE

tetradic

#DED69E #9EDEB6 #9EA6DE #DE9EC6

square

#DED69E #9EDEB6 #9EA6DE #DE9EC6

split-complementary

#DED69E #9EC6DE #B69EDE

monochromatic

#BFAF43 #CEC370 #DED69E #EEE9CC #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DED69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED69E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED69E	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.073 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e2bb',
    500: '#ded69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded69e;
$custom-light: #e9e2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86904,
    "c": 0.07346,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED69E

secondary

#6A73B6

accent

#3BBD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED69E

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

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