#DED169#DED169

#DED169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.126 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED169
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.99, -8.84, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.99, 53.29, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0268 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.126 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4762, 62.1524, 22.4362)
Luminance	0.6215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED169 #6976DE

analogous

#DE9769 #DED169 #B1DE69

triadic

#DED169 #69DED1 #D169DE

tetradic

#DED169 #69DE97 #6976DE #DE69B1

square

#DED169 #69DE97 #6976DE #DE69B1

split-complementary

#DED169 #69B1DE #9769DE

monochromatic

#A89925 #D3C237 #DED169 #E9E09B #F4F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DED169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED169

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED169	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)

#E1CB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.126 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde97',
    500: '#ded169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded169;
$custom-light: #ebde97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85035,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED169

secondary

#414DAA

accent

#2ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED169

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

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