#DED99E#DED99E

#DED99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.077 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED99E
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -7.33, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 30.65, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0183 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.077 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.1089, 67.6251, 42.1749)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED99E #9EA3DE

analogous

#DEB99E #DED99E #C3DE9E

triadic

#DED99E #9EDED9 #D99EDE

tetradic

#DED99E #9EDEB9 #9EA3DE #DE9EC3

square

#DED99E #9EDEB9 #9EA3DE #DE9EC3

split-complementary

#DED99E #9EC3DE #B99EDE

monochromatic

#BFB543 #CEC770 #DED99E #EEEBCC #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#DED99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED99E

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED99E	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)

#E3D59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.077 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4bb',
    500: '#ded99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded99e;
$custom-light: #e9e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 49.231,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87517,
    "c": 0.07682,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED99E

secondary

#6A70B6

accent

#34BD29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED99E

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

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