#DED99D#DED99D

#DED99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.078 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED99D
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 29.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.80, -7.46, 30.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.80, 31.16, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0187 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.078 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0232, 67.5908, 41.7235)
Luminance	0.6759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED99D #9DA2DE

analogous

#DEB99D #DED99D #C3DE9D

triadic

#DED99D #9DDED9 #D99DDE

tetradic

#DED99D #9DDEB9 #9DA2DE #DE9DC3

square

#DED99D #9DDEB9 #9DA2DE #DE9DC3

split-complementary

#DED99D #9DC3DE #B99DDE

monochromatic

#BFB541 #CFC76F #DED99D #EDEBCB #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DED99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED99D

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED99D	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.078 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4ba',
    500: '#ded99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded99d;
$custom-light: #e9e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 49.618,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87498,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED99D

secondary

#696FB6

accent

#34BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED99D

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

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