#DED172#DED172

#DED172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.118 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED172
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -8.07, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 49.05, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0236 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.118 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9635, 62.3473, 25.0026)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED172 #727FDE

analogous

#DE9B72 #DED172 #B5DE72

triadic

#DED172 #72DED1 #D172DE

tetradic

#DED172 #72DE9B #727FDE #DE72B5

square

#DED172 #72DE9B #727FDE #DE72B5

split-complementary

#DED172 #72B5DE #9B72DE

monochromatic

#AD9D29 #D2C140 #DED172 #EAE1A4 #F5F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DED172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED172

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED172	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.118 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade9c',
    500: '#ded172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded172;
$custom-light: #eade9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.778,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8515,
    "c": 0.11762,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED172

secondary

#4552AF

accent

#31CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED172

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

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