#DED987#DED987

#DED987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.104 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED987
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 39.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -10.04, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 42.19, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.11% -0.0274 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(87.11% 0.104 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.3112, 66.9060, 32.7067)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED987 #878CDE

analogous

#DEAE87 #DED987 #B7DE87

triadic

#DED987 #87DED9 #D987DE

tetradic

#DED987 #87DEAE #878CDE #DE87B7

square

#DED987 #87DEAE #878CDE #DE87B7

split-complementary

#DED987 #87B7DE #AE87DE

monochromatic

#B8B033 #D1CA57 #DED987 #EBE8B7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DED987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED987

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED987	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)

#E6D381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.104 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ab',
    500: '#ded987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded987;
$custom-light: #e9e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.552,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87112,
    "c": 0.10365,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED987

secondary

#5459B5

accent

#2AC421

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED987

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

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