#DED981#DED981

#DED981 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.110 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED981
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 41.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -10.67, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 45.14, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0297 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.11 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9006, 66.7417, 30.5443)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED981 #8186DE

analogous

#DEAB81 #DED981 #B5DE81

triadic

#DED981 #81DED9 #D981DE

tetradic

#DED981 #81DEAB #8186DE #DE81B5

square

#DED981 #81DEAB #8186DE #DE81B5

split-complementary

#DED981 #81B5DE #AB81DE

monochromatic

#B5AE2F #D1CA51 #DED981 #EBE8B1 #F7F6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DED981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED981

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED981	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D37A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.110 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae4a7',
    500: '#ded981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded981;
$custom-light: #eae4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.774,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87019,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED981

secondary

#4E54B5

accent

#28C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED981

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

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