#DED896#DED896

#DED896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.085 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED896
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -7.82, 33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 34.25, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.02 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.085 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.1857, 66.8446, 38.5801)
Luminance	0.6684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED896 #969CDE

analogous

#DEB496 #DED896 #C0DE96

triadic

#DED896 #96DED8 #D896DE

tetradic

#DED896 #96DEB4 #969CDE #DE96C0

square

#DED896 #96DEB4 #969CDE #DE96C0

split-complementary

#DED896 #96C0DE #B496DE

monochromatic

#BEB33C #CFC767 #DED896 #EDE9C5 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DED896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED896

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED896	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.085 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e3b5',
    500: '#ded896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded896;
$custom-light: #e9e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87162,
    "c": 0.08528,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED896

secondary

#6269B6

accent

#33C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED896

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

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