#DED16E#DED16E

#DED16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.122 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED16E
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -8.42, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 50.95, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.025 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.122 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7408, 62.2582, 23.8297)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED16E #6E7BDE

analogous

#DE996E #DED16E #B3DE6E

triadic

#DED16E #6EDED1 #D16EDE

tetradic

#DED16E #6EDE99 #6E7BDE #DE6EB3

square

#DED16E #6EDE99 #6E7BDE #DE6EB3

split-complementary

#DED16E #6EB3DE #996EDE

monochromatic

#AB9B27 #D3C13C #DED16E #E9E1A0 #F5F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DED16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED16E

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED16E	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)

#E1CB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.122 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade9a',
    500: '#ded16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded16e;
$custom-light: #eade9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85098,
    "c": 0.12159,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED16E

secondary

#434FAD

accent

#2FCB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED16E

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

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