#DED97E#DED97E

#DED97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.113 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED97E
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -10.97, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 46.60, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0308 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.113 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.7041, 66.6631, 29.5095)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED97E #7E83DE

analogous

#DEA97E #DED97E #B3DE7E

triadic

#DED97E #7EDED9 #D97EDE

tetradic

#DED97E #7EDEA9 #7E83DE #DE7EB3

square

#DED97E #7EDEA9 #7E83DE #DE7EB3

split-complementary

#DED97E #7EB3DE #A97EDE

monochromatic

#B4AD2E #D2CB4D #DED97E #EAE7AF #F7F6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DED97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DED97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED97E

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED97E	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)

#E7D377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.113 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a5',
    500: '#ded97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded97e;
$custom-light: #eae4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86974,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED97E

secondary

#4B51B5

accent

#27C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED97E

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

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