#DED98A#DED98A

#DED98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.100 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED98A
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 138)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -9.71, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 40.71, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.0262 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.1 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5254, 66.9917, 33.8348)
Luminance	0.6699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED98A #8A8FDE

analogous

#DEAF8A #DED98A #B9DE8A

triadic

#DED98A #8ADED9 #D98ADE

tetradic

#DED98A #8ADEAF #8A8FDE #DE8AB9

square

#DED98A #8ADEAF #8A8FDE #DE8AB9

split-complementary

#DED98A #8AB9DE #AF8ADE

monochromatic

#B9B134 #D1C95A #DED98A #EBE9BA #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DED98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED98A

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED98A	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.100 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ad',
    500: '#ded98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded98a;
$custom-light: #e9e4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8716,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED98A

secondary

#575CB5

accent

#2CC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED98A

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

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