#DED986#DED986

#DED986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.105 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED986
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 39.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -10.15, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 42.69, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0278 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.105 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.2411, 66.8779, 32.3377)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED986 #868BDE

analogous

#DEAD86 #DED986 #B7DE86

triadic

#DED986 #86DED9 #D986DE

tetradic

#DED986 #86DEAD #868BDE #DE86B7

square

#DED986 #86DEAD #868BDE #DE86B7

split-complementary

#DED986 #86B7DE #AD86DE

monochromatic

#B8B032 #D1CA56 #DED986 #EBE8B6 #F8F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DED986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED986

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED986	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.105 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4aa',
    500: '#ded986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded986;
$custom-light: #e9e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.591,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87096,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED986

secondary

#5359B5

accent

#2AC521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED986

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

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