#DED97D#DED97D

#DED97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.115 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED97D
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 43.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -11.07, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 47.08, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0312 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.115 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6399, 66.6375, 29.1714)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED97D #7D82DE

analogous

#DEA87D #DED97D #B2DE7D

triadic

#DED97D #7DDED9 #D97DDE

tetradic

#DED97D #7DDEA8 #7D82DE #DE7DB2

square

#DED97D #7DDEA8 #7D82DE #DE7DB2

split-complementary

#DED97D #7DB2DE #A87DDE

monochromatic

#B3AC2D #D2CB4C #DED97D #EAE7AE #F7F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DED97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED97D

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED97D	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.115 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a4',
    500: '#ded97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded97d;
$custom-light: #eae4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86959,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED97D

secondary

#4B50B5

accent

#27C71E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED97D

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

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