#DEDD95#DEDD95

#DEDD95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.092 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD95
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 149)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 32.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -10.47, 35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 37.05, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0277 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.092 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.4060, 69.4135, 38.5913)
Luminance	0.6941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD95 #9596DE

analogous

#DEB895 #DEDD95 #BADE95

triadic

#DEDD95 #95DEDD #DD95DE

tetradic

#DEDD95 #95DEB8 #9596DE #DE95BA

square

#DEDD95 #95DEB8 #9596DE #DE95BA

split-complementary

#DEDD95 #95BADE #B895DE

monochromatic

#BEBC3B #CFCE66 #DEDD95 #EDECC4 #F8F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDD95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#DEDD95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD95

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD95	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.092 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7b5',
    500: '#dedd95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd95;
$custom-light: #e9e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88174,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD95

secondary

#6162B6

accent

#28C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD95

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

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