#DED168#DED168

#DED168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED168
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -8.93, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 53.75, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0271 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.4251, 62.1319, 22.1671)
Luminance	0.6213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED168 #6875DE

analogous

#DE9668 #DED168 #B0DE68

triadic

#DED168 #68DED1 #D168DE

tetradic

#DED168 #68DE96 #6875DE #DE68B0

square

#DED168 #68DE96 #6875DE #DE68B0

split-complementary

#DED168 #68B0DE #9668DE

monochromatic

#A79925 #D3C236 #DED168 #E9E09A #F4F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DED168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED168

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED168	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde96',
    500: '#ded168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded168;
$custom-light: #ebde96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85023,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED168

secondary

#414CAA

accent

#2DCC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED168

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

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