#DEDB99#DEDB99

#DEDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.085 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB99
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -8.97, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 34.11, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0232 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.085 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.2059, 68.4937, 40.1272)
Luminance	0.6849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB99 #999CDE

analogous

#DEB899 #DEDB99 #BEDE99

triadic

#DEDB99 #99DEDB #DB99DE

tetradic

#DEDB99 #99DEB8 #999CDE #DE99BE

square

#DEDB99 #99DEB8 #999CDE #DE99BE

split-complementary

#DEDB99 #99BEDE #B899DE

monochromatic

#BFB93E #CFCB6B #DEDB99 #EDEBC7 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#DEDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#DEDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB99

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB99	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.085 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6b7',
    500: '#dedb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb99;
$custom-light: #e9e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87833,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB99

secondary

#6569B6

accent

#2EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB99

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

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