#DED97F#DED97F

#DED97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.112 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED97F
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 127)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 42.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -10.87, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 46.11, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0304 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.112 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.7690, 66.6891, 29.8510)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED97F #7F84DE

analogous

#DEA97F #DED97F #B3DE7F

triadic

#DED97F #7FDED9 #D97FDE

tetradic

#DED97F #7FDEA9 #7F84DE #DE7FB3

square

#DED97F #7FDEA9 #7F84DE #DE7FB3

split-complementary

#DED97F #7FB3DE #A97FDE

monochromatic

#B4AD2E #D1CB4E #DED97F #EBE7B0 #F7F6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DED97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED97F

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED97F	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.112 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a5',
    500: '#ded97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded97f;
$custom-light: #eae4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86989,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED97F

secondary

#4C52B5

accent

#28C71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED97F

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

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