#DED16A#DED16A

#DED16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED16A
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -8.76, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 52.82, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0264 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5279, 62.1730, 22.7085)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED16A #6A77DE

analogous

#DE976A #DED16A #B1DE6A

triadic

#DED16A #6ADED1 #D16ADE

tetradic

#DED16A #6ADE97 #6A77DE #DE6AB1

square

#DED16A #6ADE97 #6A77DE #DE6AB1

split-complementary

#DED16A #6AB1DE #976ADE

monochromatic

#A89A25 #D3C238 #DED16A #E9E09C #F4F0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#DED16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED16A

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED16A	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)

#E1CB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade97',
    500: '#ded16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded16a;
$custom-light: #eade97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85047,
    "c": 0.12545,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED16A

secondary

#414DAB

accent

#2ECC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED16A

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

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