#DEDD99#DEDD99

#DEDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.088 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDD99
RGB	rgb(222, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(59, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -9.98, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 35.05, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0261 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.088 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7308, 69.5435, 40.3021)
Luminance	0.6954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDD99 #999ADE

analogous

#DEBA99 #DEDD99 #BCDE99

triadic

#DEDD99 #99DEDD #DD99DE

tetradic

#DEDD99 #99DEBA #999ADE #DE99BC

square

#DEDD99 #99DEBA #999ADE #DE99BC

split-complementary

#DEDD99 #99BCDE #BA99DE

monochromatic

#BFBD3E #CFCE6B #DEDD99 #EDECC7 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DEDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#DEDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDD99

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDD99	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.088 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e7b7',
    500: '#dedd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedd99;
$custom-light: #e9e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88245,
    "c": 0.08754,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDD99

secondary

#6566B6

accent

#29BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDD99

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

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