#DED173#DED173

#DED173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.117 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED173
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -7.98, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 48.58, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0232 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.117 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0207, 62.3702, 25.3040)
Luminance	0.6237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED173 #7380DE

analogous

#DE9B73 #DED173 #B5DE73

triadic

#DED173 #73DED1 #D173DE

tetradic

#DED173 #73DE9B #7380DE #DE73B5

square

#DED173 #73DE9B #7380DE #DE73B5

split-complementary

#DED173 #73B5DE #9B73DE

monochromatic

#AE9E29 #D2C141 #DED173 #EAE1A5 #F5F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DED173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED173

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED173	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)

#E0CC6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.117 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade9d',
    500: '#ded173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded173;
$custom-light: #eade9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85164,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED173

secondary

#4652B0

accent

#31CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED173

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

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