#DED995#DED995

#DED995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.088 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED995
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -8.45, 34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 35.21, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.0219 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.088 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.3625, 67.3265, 38.2435)
Luminance	0.6733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED995 #959ADE

analogous

#DEB495 #DED995 #BFDE95

triadic

#DED995 #95DED9 #D995DE

tetradic

#DED995 #95DEB4 #959ADE #DE95BF

square

#DED995 #95DEB4 #959ADE #DE95BF

split-complementary

#DED995 #95BFDE #B495DE

monochromatic

#BEB53B #CFC866 #DED995 #EDEAC4 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DED995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED995

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED995	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.088 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b4',
    500: '#ded995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded995;
$custom-light: #e9e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87349,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED995

secondary

#6167B6

accent

#30C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED995

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

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