#DED162#DED162

#DED162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.133 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED162
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -9.40, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 56.49, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0291 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.133 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.1311, 62.0143, 20.6188)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED162 #626FDE

analogous

#DE9362 #DED162 #ADDE62

triadic

#DED162 #62DED1 #D162DE

tetradic

#DED162 #62DE93 #626FDE #DE62AD

square

#DED162 #62DE93 #626FDE #DE62AD

split-complementary

#DED162 #62ADDE #9362DE

monochromatic

#A39622 #D3C22F #DED162 #E9E095 #F3EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DED162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#DED162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED162

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED162	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)

#E2CB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.133 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde92',
    500: '#ded162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded162;
$custom-light: #ebde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84953,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED162

secondary

#3E49A6

accent

#2BCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED162

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

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