#DED799#DED799

#DED799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.081 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED799
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -6.94, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 32.28, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0174 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.081 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1749, 66.4317, 39.7835)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED799 #99A0DE

analogous

#DEB499 #DED799 #C2DE99

triadic

#DED799 #99DED7 #D799DE

tetradic

#DED799 #99DEB4 #99A0DE #DE99C2

square

#DED799 #99DEB4 #99A0DE #DE99C2

split-complementary

#DED799 #99C2DE #B499DE

monochromatic

#BFB23E #CFC56B #DED799 #EDE9C7 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#DED799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED799

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED799	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.081 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b7',
    500: '#ded799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded799;
$custom-light: #e9e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87012,
    "c": 0.08059,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED799

secondary

#656DB6

accent

#36BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED799

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

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