#DEDB97#DEDB97

#DEDB97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.088 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB97
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -9.22, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 35.12, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.024 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.088 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.0421, 68.4282, 39.2645)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB97 #979ADE

analogous

#DEB797 #DEDB97 #BDDE97

triadic

#DEDB97 #97DEDB #DB97DE

tetradic

#DEDB97 #97DEB7 #979ADE #DE97BD

square

#DEDB97 #97DEB7 #979ADE #DE97BD

split-complementary

#DEDB97 #97BDDE #B797DE

monochromatic

#BEB93C #CFCB69 #DEDB97 #EDEBC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#DEDB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB97

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB97	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.088 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6b6',
    500: '#dedb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb97;
$custom-light: #e9e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87797,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB97

secondary

#6367B6

accent

#2DBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB97

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

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