#DED985#DED985

#DED985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.106 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED985
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -10.26, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 43.18, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0282 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.106 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1717, 66.8502, 31.9721)
Luminance	0.6685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED985 #858ADE

analogous

#DEAD85 #DED985 #B7DE85

triadic

#DED985 #85DED9 #D985DE

tetradic

#DED985 #85DEAD #858ADE #DE85B7

square

#DED985 #85DEAD #858ADE #DE85B7

split-complementary

#DED985 #85B7DE #AD85DE

monochromatic

#B7B032 #D1CA55 #DED985 #EBE8B5 #F8F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DED985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED985

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED985	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.106 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4aa',
    500: '#ded985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded985;
$custom-light: #e9e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8708,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED985

secondary

#5258B5

accent

#2AC521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED985

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

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