#DED18A#DED18A

#DED18A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.092 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED18A
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 37.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -5.65, 36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 37.29, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.0145 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.092 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5131, 62.9671, 33.1641)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED18A #8A97DE

analogous

#DEA78A #DED18A #C1DE8A

triadic

#DED18A #8ADED1 #D18ADE

tetradic

#DED18A #8ADEA7 #8A97DE #DE8AC1

square

#DED18A #8ADEA7 #8A97DE #DE8AC1

split-complementary

#DED18A #8AC1DE #A78ADE

monochromatic

#B9A534 #D1BE5A #DED18A #EBE4BA #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED18A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DED18A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED18A

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED18A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED18A	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECD85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded18a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.092 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dfad',
    500: '#ded18a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded18a;
$custom-light: #e9dfad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded18a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85516,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED18A

secondary

#5765B5

accent

#3BC422

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED18A

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

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