#DEDD98#DEDD98

#DEDD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.089 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD98
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 152)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -10.10, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 35.55, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0265 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.089 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.6486, 69.5106, 39.8690)
Luminance	0.6951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD98 #9899DE

analogous

#DEBA98 #DEDD98 #BCDE98

triadic

#DEDD98 #98DEDD #DD98DE

tetradic

#DEDD98 #98DEBA #9899DE #DE98BC

square

#DEDD98 #98DEBA #9899DE #DE98BC

split-complementary

#DEDD98 #98BCDE #BA98DE

monochromatic

#BFBD3D #CFCE6A #DEDD98 #EDECC6 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#DEDD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD98

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD98	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)

#E8D893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.089 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7b7',
    500: '#dedd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd98;
$custom-light: #e9e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 51.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88227,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD98

secondary

#6465B6

accent

#29BF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD98

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

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