#DEDC99#DEDC99

#DEDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.086 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC99
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -9.48, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 34.57, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0247 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.086 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.4676, 69.0170, 40.2144)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC99 #999BDE

analogous

#DEB999 #DEDC99 #BDDE99

triadic

#DEDC99 #99DEDC #DC99DE

tetradic

#DEDC99 #99DEB9 #999BDE #DE99BD

square

#DEDC99 #99DEB9 #999BDE #DE99BD

split-complementary

#DEDC99 #99BDDE #B999DE

monochromatic

#BFBB3E #CFCC6B #DEDC99 #EDECC7 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC99

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC99	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.086 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6b7',
    500: '#dedc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc99;
$custom-light: #e9e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88039,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC99

secondary

#6567B6

accent

#2BBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC99

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

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