#DED996#DED996

#DED996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.086 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED996
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -8.33, 33.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 34.70, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0215 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.086 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.4426, 67.3586, 38.6657)
Luminance	0.6736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED996 #969BDE

analogous

#DEB596 #DED996 #BFDE96

triadic

#DED996 #96DED9 #D996DE

tetradic

#DED996 #96DEB5 #969BDE #DE96BF

square

#DED996 #96DEB5 #969BDE #DE96BF

split-complementary

#DED996 #96BFDE #B596DE

monochromatic

#BEB53C #CFC867 #DED996 #EDEAC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DED996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED996

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED996	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)

#E4D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.086 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b5',
    500: '#ded996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded996;
$custom-light: #e9e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87367,
    "c": 0.08641,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED996

secondary

#6268B6

accent

#31C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED996

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

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