#DEDD89#DEDD89

#DEDD89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.106 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD89
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 137)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 38.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -11.84, 41.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 43.01, 105.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0324 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.106 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4968, 69.0499, 33.8031)
Luminance	0.6905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD89 #898ADE

analogous

#DEB289 #DEDD89 #B4DE89

triadic

#DEDD89 #89DEDD #DD89DE

tetradic

#DEDD89 #89DEB2 #898ADE #DE89B4

square

#DEDD89 #89DEB2 #898ADE #DE89B4

split-complementary

#DEDD89 #89B4DE #B289DE

monochromatic

#B9B734 #D1CF59 #DEDD89 #EBEBB9 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#DEDD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD89

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD89	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDA8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.106 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7ac',
    500: '#dedd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd89;
$custom-light: #e9e7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.294,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87972,
    "c": 0.10597,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD89

secondary

#5657B5

accent

#24C422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD89

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

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