#DED15E#DED15E

#DED15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED15E
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.88, -9.69, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.88, 58.28, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0304 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9469, 61.9407, 19.6489)
Luminance	0.6194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED15E #5E6BDE

analogous

#DE915E #DED15E #ABDE5E

triadic

#DED15E #5EDED1 #D15EDE

tetradic

#DED15E #5EDE91 #5E6BDE #DE5EAB

square

#DED15E #5EDE91 #5E6BDE #DE5EAB

split-complementary

#DED15E #5EABDE #915EDE

monochromatic

#A19421 #D3C22B #DED15E #E8E091 #F3EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DED15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#DED15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED15E

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED15E	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8f',
    500: '#ded15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded15e;
$custom-light: #ebde8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84909,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED15E

secondary

#3C47A4

accent

#2ACE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED15E

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

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