#DED87E#DED87E

#DED87E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.112 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED87E
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 126)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -10.47, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 46.16, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0294 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.112 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.4471, 66.1492, 29.4239)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED87E #7E84DE

analogous

#DEA87E #DED87E #B4DE7E

triadic

#DED87E #7EDED8 #D87EDE

tetradic

#DED87E #7EDEA8 #7E84DE #DE7EB4

square

#DED87E #7EDEA8 #7E84DE #DE7EB4

split-complementary

#DED87E #7EB4DE #A87EDE

monochromatic

#B4AB2E #D2C94D #DED87E #EAE7AF #F7F5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#DED87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED87E

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED87E	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.112 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae3a5',
    500: '#ded87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded87e;
$custom-light: #eae3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86767,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED87E

secondary

#4B52B5

accent

#29C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED87E

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

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