#DED16B#DED16B

#DED16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED16B
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 51.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.02, -8.68, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.02, 52.36, 99.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0261 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5802, 62.1940, 22.9840)
Luminance	0.6219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED16B #6B78DE

analogous

#DE976B #DED16B #B2DE6B

triadic

#DED16B #6BDED1 #D16BDE

tetradic

#DED16B #6BDE97 #6B78DE #DE6BB2

square

#DED16B #6BDE97 #6B78DE #DE6BB2

split-complementary

#DED16B #6BB2DE #976BDE

monochromatic

#A99A26 #D3C139 #DED16B #E9E19D #F4F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DED16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED16B

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED16B	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade98',
    500: '#ded16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded16b;
$custom-light: #eade98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 63.536,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8506,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED16B

secondary

#424EAB

accent

#2ECB1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED16B

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

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