#DED165#DED165

#DED165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED165
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.95, -9.17, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.95, 55.13, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0281 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2754, 62.0721, 21.3788)
Luminance	0.6207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED165 #6572DE

analogous

#DE9465 #DED165 #AEDE65

triadic

#DED165 #65DED1 #D165DE

tetradic

#DED165 #65DE94 #6572DE #DE65AE

square

#DED165 #65DE94 #6572DE #DE65AE

split-complementary

#DED165 #65AEDE #9465DE

monochromatic

#A59723 #D3C233 #DED165 #E9E097 #F4EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DED165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#DED165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED165

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED165	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde94',
    500: '#ded165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded165;
$custom-light: #ebde94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84987,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED165

secondary

#3F4AA8

accent

#2CCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED165

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

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