#DED994#DED994

#DED994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.089 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED994
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 33.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -8.57, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 35.71, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.33% -0.0223 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(87.33% 0.089 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2830, 67.2947, 37.8248)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED994 #9499DE

analogous

#DEB494 #DED994 #BEDE94

triadic

#DED994 #94DED9 #D994DE

tetradic

#DED994 #94DEB4 #9499DE #DE94BE

square

#DED994 #94DEB4 #9499DE #DE94BE

split-complementary

#DED994 #94BEDE #B494DE

monochromatic

#BDB43A #D0C865 #DED994 #ECEAC3 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DED994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED994

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED994	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.089 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b4',
    500: '#ded994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded994;
$custom-light: #e9e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 52.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87331,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED994

secondary

#6066B6

accent

#30C025

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED994

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

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