#DED98E#DED98E

#DED98E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED98E
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -9.27, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 38.72, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0247 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.8203, 67.1096, 35.3882)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED98E #8E93DE

analogous

#DEB18E #DED98E #BBDE8E

triadic

#DED98E #8EDED9 #D98EDE

tetradic

#DED98E #8EDEB1 #8E93DE #DE8EBB

square

#DED98E #8EDEB1 #8E93DE #DE8EBB

split-complementary

#DED98E #8EBBDE #B18EDE

monochromatic

#BBB337 #D0C95F #DED98E #ECE9BD #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DED98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DED98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED98E

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED98E	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b0',
    500: '#ded98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded98e;
$custom-light: #e9e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87227,
    "c": 0.09574,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED98E

secondary

#5A60B6

accent

#2DC223

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED98E

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

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