#DED97C#DED97C

#DED97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.116 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED97C
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 44.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -11.17, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 47.56, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0316 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.116 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5763, 66.6120, 28.8366)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED97C #7C81DE

analogous

#DEA87C #DED97C #B2DE7C

triadic

#DED97C #7CDED9 #D97CDE

tetradic

#DED97C #7CDEA8 #7C81DE #DE7CB2

square

#DED97C #7CDEA8 #7C81DE #DE7CB2

split-complementary

#DED97C #7CB2DE #A87CDE

monochromatic

#B3AC2D #D2CB4B #DED97C #EAE7AD #F7F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#DED97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED97C

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED97C	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.116 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a3',
    500: '#ded97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded97c;
$custom-light: #eae4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86945,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED97C

secondary

#4A4FB4

accent

#27C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED97C

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

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