#DEDD96#DEDD96

#DEDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.091 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD96
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 32.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -10.35, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 36.55, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0273 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.091 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.4862, 69.4456, 39.0136)
Luminance	0.6945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD96 #9697DE

analogous

#DEB996 #DEDD96 #BBDE96

triadic

#DEDD96 #96DEDD #DD96DE

tetradic

#DEDD96 #96DEB9 #9697DE #DE96BB

square

#DEDD96 #96DEB9 #9697DE #DE96BB

split-complementary

#DEDD96 #96BBDE #B996DE

monochromatic

#BEBC3C #CFCE67 #DEDD96 #EDECC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#DEDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD96

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD96	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.091 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7b5',
    500: '#dedd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd96;
$custom-light: #e9e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88191,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD96

secondary

#6263B6

accent

#28C026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD96

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

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