#DEDA96#DEDA96

#DEDA96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.088 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA96
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -8.83, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 35.16, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.023 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.088 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.7012, 67.8756, 38.7519)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA96 #969ADE

analogous

#DEB696 #DEDA96 #BEDE96

triadic

#DEDA96 #96DEDA #DA96DE

tetradic

#DEDA96 #96DEB6 #969ADE #DE96BE

square

#DEDA96 #96DEB6 #969ADE #DE96BE

split-complementary

#DEDA96 #96BEDE #B696DE

monochromatic

#BEB73C #CFCA67 #DEDA96 #EDEAC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#DEDA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA96

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA96	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.088 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e5b5',
    500: '#deda96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda96;
$custom-light: #e9e5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87573,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA96

secondary

#6267B6

accent

#2EC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA96

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

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