#DED262#DED262

#DED262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.134 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED262
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -9.90, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 56.87, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0306 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.134 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.3772, 62.5066, 20.7008)
Luminance	0.6250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED262 #626EDE

analogous

#DE9462 #DED262 #ACDE62

triadic

#DED262 #62DED2 #D262DE

tetradic

#DED262 #62DE94 #626EDE #DE62AC

square

#DED262 #62DE94 #626EDE #DE62AC

split-complementary

#DED262 #62ACDE #9462DE

monochromatic

#A39722 #D3C42F #DED262 #E9E095 #F3EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DED262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED262

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED262	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.134 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf92',
    500: '#ded262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded262;
$custom-light: #ebdf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8516,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED262

secondary

#3E48A6

accent

#2ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED262

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

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