#DED161#DED161

#DED161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.134 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED161
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -9.47, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 56.94, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0295 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.134 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0842, 61.9956, 20.3717)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED161 #616EDE

analogous

#DE9261 #DED161 #ACDE61

triadic

#DED161 #61DED1 #D161DE

tetradic

#DED161 #61DE92 #616EDE #DE61AC

square

#DED161 #61DE92 #616EDE #DE61AC

split-complementary

#DED161 #61ACDE #9261DE

monochromatic

#A39522 #D3C22E #DED161 #E9E094 #F3EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DED161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DED161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED161

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED161	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.134 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde91',
    500: '#ded161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded161;
$custom-light: #ebde91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84942,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED161

secondary

#3E48A6

accent

#2BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED161

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

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