#DEDA85#DEDA85

#DEDA85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.107 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA85
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 133)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -10.76, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 43.62, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0296 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.107 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.4302, 67.3672, 32.0583)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA85 #8589DE

analogous

#DEAD85 #DEDA85 #B6DE85

triadic

#DEDA85 #85DEDA #DA85DE

tetradic

#DEDA85 #85DEAD #8589DE #DE85B6

square

#DEDA85 #85DEAD #8589DE #DE85B6

split-complementary

#DEDA85 #85B6DE #AD85DE

monochromatic

#B7B132 #D1CB55 #DEDA85 #EBE9B5 #F8F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#DEDA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA85

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA85	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D47E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.107 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5aa',
    500: '#deda85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda85;
$custom-light: #e9e5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.303,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87287,
    "c": 0.10698,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA85

secondary

#5256B5

accent

#28C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA85

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

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