#DED99A#DED99A

#DED99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.082 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED99A
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -7.83, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 32.68, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0199 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.082 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7702, 67.4896, 40.3911)
Luminance	0.6749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED99A #9A9FDE

analogous

#DEB79A #DED99A #C1DE9A

triadic

#DED99A #9ADED9 #D99ADE

tetradic

#DED99A #9ADEB7 #9A9FDE #DE9AC1

square

#DED99A #9ADEB7 #9A9FDE #DE9AC1

split-complementary

#DED99A #9AC1DE #B79ADE

monochromatic

#BFB63E #CFC86C #DED99A #EDEAC8 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DED99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED99A

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED99A	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.082 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b8',
    500: '#ded99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded99a;
$custom-light: #e9e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 50.746,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87441,
    "c": 0.08164,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED99A

secondary

#666CB6

accent

#32BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED99A

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

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