#DED265#DED265

#DED265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED265
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -9.67, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 55.51, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0296 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.131 103)
XYZ	xyz(55.5215, 62.5643, 21.4609)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED265 #6571DE

analogous

#DE9565 #DED265 #ADDE65

triadic

#DED265 #65DED2 #D265DE

tetradic

#DED265 #65DE95 #6571DE #DE65AD

square

#DED265 #65DE95 #6571DE #DE65AD

split-complementary

#DED265 #65ADDE #9565DE

monochromatic

#A59823 #D3C333 #DED265 #E9E197 #F4EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#DED265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED265

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED265	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf94',
    500: '#ded265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded265;
$custom-light: #ebdf94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85194,
    "c": 0.13107,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.62562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED265

secondary

#3F4AA8

accent

#2BCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED265

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

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