#DED99C#DED99C

#DED99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.079 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED99C
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 30%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 29.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -7.58, 30.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 31.67, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0191 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.079 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.9382, 67.5568, 41.2757)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED99C #9CA1DE

analogous

#DEB89C #DED99C #C2DE9C

triadic

#DED99C #9CDED9 #D99CDE

tetradic

#DED99C #9CDEB8 #9CA1DE #DE9CC2

square

#DED99C #9CDEB8 #9CA1DE #DE9CC2

split-complementary

#DED99C #9CC2DE #B89CDE

monochromatic

#BFB640 #CFC76E #DED99C #EDEBCA #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#DED99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED99C

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED99C	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.079 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4b9',
    500: '#ded99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded99c;
$custom-light: #e9e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87479,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.67556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED99C

secondary

#686EB6

accent

#33BD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED99C

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

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