#DED174#DED174

#DED174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.116 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED174
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.12, -7.89, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.12, 48.10, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.0229 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.116 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0786, 62.3933, 25.6087)
Luminance	0.6239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED174 #7481DE

analogous

#DE9C74 #DED174 #B6DE74

triadic

#DED174 #74DED1 #D174DE

tetradic

#DED174 #74DE9C #7481DE #DE74B6

square

#DED174 #74DE9C #7481DE #DE74B6

split-complementary

#DED174 #74B6DE #9C74DE

monochromatic

#AE9E29 #D2C143 #DED174 #EAE1A5 #F5F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#DED174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED174

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED174	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.116 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eade9e',
    500: '#ded174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded174;
$custom-light: #eade9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.642,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85178,
    "c": 0.11559,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED174

secondary

#4653B0

accent

#31C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED174

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

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