#DED997#DED997

#DED997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.085 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED997
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -8.20, 33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 34.20, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0211 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.085 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5235, 67.3909, 39.0916)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED997 #979CDE

analogous

#DEB597 #DED997 #BFDE97

triadic

#DED997 #97DED9 #D997DE

tetradic

#DED997 #97DEB5 #979CDE #DE97BF

square

#DED997 #97DEB5 #979CDE #DE97BF

split-complementary

#DED997 #97BFDE #B597DE

monochromatic

#BEB53C #CFC869 #DED997 #EDEAC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DED997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED997

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED997	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.085 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b6',
    500: '#ded997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded997;
$custom-light: #e9e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87385,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED997

secondary

#6369B6

accent

#31BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED997

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

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