#DED99F#DED99F

#DED99F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.076 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED99F
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 49%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 28.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -7.20, 29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 30.14, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0179 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.076 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1954, 67.6596, 42.6301)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED99F #9FA4DE

analogous

#DEBA9F #DED99F #C4DE9F

triadic

#DED99F #9FDED9 #D99FDE

tetradic

#DED99F #9FDEBA #9FA4DE #DE9FC4

square

#DED99F #9FDEBA #9FA4DE #DE9FC4

split-complementary

#DED99F #9FC4DE #BA9FDE

monochromatic

#BFB544 #CEC771 #DED99F #EEEBCD #F7F6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DED99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#DED99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED99F

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED99F	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.076 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e4bb',
    500: '#ded99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded99f;
$custom-light: #e9e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87536,
    "c": 0.07561,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED99F

secondary

#6B71B6

accent

#35BC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED99F

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

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