#DEDC97#DEDC97

#DEDC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.089 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC97
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(58, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -9.72, 34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 35.58, 105.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0255 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.089 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3038, 68.9515, 39.3517)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC97 #9799DE

analogous

#DEB897 #DEDC97 #BCDE97

triadic

#DEDC97 #97DEDC #DC97DE

tetradic

#DEDC97 #97DEB8 #9799DE #DE97BC

square

#DEDC97 #97DEB8 #9799DE #DE97BC

split-complementary

#DEDC97 #97BCDE #B897DE

monochromatic

#BEBB3C #CFCC69 #DEDC97 #EDECC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#DEDC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC97

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC97	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.089 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6b6',
    500: '#dedc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc97;
$custom-light: #e9e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88003,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC97

secondary

#6365B6

accent

#2BBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC97

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

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