#DED989#DED989

#DED989 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.101 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED989
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -9.82, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 41.20, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0266 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.101 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4533, 66.9628, 33.4553)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED989 #898EDE

analogous

#DEAF89 #DED989 #B8DE89

triadic

#DED989 #89DED9 #D989DE

tetradic

#DED989 #89DEAF #898EDE #DE89B8

square

#DED989 #89DEAF #898EDE #DE89B8

split-complementary

#DED989 #89B8DE #AF89DE

monochromatic

#B9B134 #D1CA59 #DED989 #EBE8B9 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DED989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED989

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED989	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EACFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.101 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ac',
    500: '#ded989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded989;
$custom-light: #e9e4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87144,
    "c": 0.10142,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED989

secondary

#565BB5

accent

#2BC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED989

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

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