#DEDD97#DEDD97

#DEDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.090 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD97
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 32%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -10.23, 34.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 36.05, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0269 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.09 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5670, 69.4780, 39.4395)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD97 #9798DE

analogous

#DEB997 #DEDD97 #BBDE97

triadic

#DEDD97 #97DEDD #DD97DE

tetradic

#DEDD97 #97DEB9 #9798DE #DE97BB

square

#DEDD97 #97DEB9 #9798DE #DE97BB

split-complementary

#DEDD97 #97BBDE #B997DE

monochromatic

#BEBC3C #CFCE69 #DEDD97 #EDECC5 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#DEDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD97

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD97	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.090 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7b6',
    500: '#dedd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd97;
$custom-light: #e9e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 51.825,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88209,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD97

secondary

#6364B6

accent

#28BF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD97

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

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