#DED899#DED899

#DED899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.082 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED899
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -7.45, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 32.73, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0188 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.082 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4303, 66.9425, 39.8686)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED899 #999FDE

analogous

#DEB599 #DED899 #C1DE99

triadic

#DED899 #99DED8 #D899DE

tetradic

#DED899 #99DEB5 #999FDE #DE99C1

square

#DED899 #99DEB5 #999FDE #DE99C1

split-complementary

#DED899 #99C1DE #B599DE

monochromatic

#BFB43E #CFC66B #DED899 #EDEAC7 #F8F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DED899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED899

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED899	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.082 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b7',
    500: '#ded899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded899;
$custom-light: #e9e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87217,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED899

secondary

#656CB6

accent

#34BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED899

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

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