#DED16D#DED16D

#DED16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED16D
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -8.51, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 51.42, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0254 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(55.6866, 62.2365, 23.5445)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED16D #6D7ADE

analogous

#DE986D #DED16D #B3DE6D

triadic

#DED16D #6DDED1 #D16DDE

tetradic

#DED16D #6DDE98 #6D7ADE #DE6DB3

square

#DED16D #6DDE98 #6D7ADE #DE6DB3

split-complementary

#DED16D #6DB3DE #986DDE

monochromatic

#AA9B26 #D3C13B #DED16D #E9E19F #F5F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DED16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED16D

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED16D	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade99',
    500: '#ded16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded16d;
$custom-light: #eade99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85085,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.62235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED16D

secondary

#434FAC

accent

#2FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED16D

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

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