#DED992#DED992

#DED992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.091 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED992
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 146)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 34.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -8.80, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 36.72, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0231 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.091 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1260, 67.2319, 36.9983)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED992 #9297DE

analogous

#DEB392 #DED992 #BDDE92

triadic

#DED992 #92DED9 #D992DE

tetradic

#DED992 #92DEB3 #9297DE #DE92BD

square

#DED992 #92DEB3 #9297DE #DE92BD

split-complementary

#DED992 #92BDDE #B392DE

monochromatic

#BDB439 #D0C963 #DED992 #ECE9C1 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DED992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED992

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED992	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D48D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.091 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b2',
    500: '#ded992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded992;
$custom-light: #e9e4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.053,
    "s": 53.521,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87296,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED992

secondary

#5E64B6

accent

#2FC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED992

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

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