#DED993#DED993

#DED993 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.090 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED993
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 147)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 33.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -8.69, 35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 36.21, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0227 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.09 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2042, 67.2632, 37.4097)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED993 #9398DE

analogous

#DEB493 #DED993 #BEDE93

triadic

#DED993 #93DED9 #D993DE

tetradic

#DED993 #93DEB4 #9398DE #DE93BE

square

#DED993 #93DEB4 #9398DE #DE93BE

split-complementary

#DED993 #93BEDE #B493DE

monochromatic

#BDB43A #D0C964 #DED993 #ECE9C2 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#DED993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED993

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED993	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)

#E5D48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.090 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b3',
    500: '#ded993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded993;
$custom-light: #e9e4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87313,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED993

secondary

#5F65B6

accent

#2FC125

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED993

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

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