#DED99B#DED99B

#DED99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.080 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED99B
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 30.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -7.71, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 32.17, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0195 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.08 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.8539, 67.5231, 40.8315)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED99B #9BA0DE

analogous

#DEB89B #DED99B #C2DE9B

triadic

#DED99B #9BDED9 #D99BDE

tetradic

#DED99B #9BDEB8 #9BA0DE #DE9BC2

square

#DED99B #9BDEB8 #9BA0DE #DE9BC2

split-complementary

#DED99B #9BC2DE #B89BDE

monochromatic

#BFB63F #CFC86D #DED99B #EDEAC9 #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#DED99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED99B

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED99B	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)

#E4D497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.080 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b9',
    500: '#ded99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded99b;
$custom-light: #e9e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 50.376,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8746,
    "c": 0.08045,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.67522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED99B

secondary

#676DB6

accent

#33BE28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED99B

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

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