#DED272#DED272

#DED272 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.119 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED272
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.36, -8.58, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.36, 49.45, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.36% -0.0251 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(85.36% 0.119 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2096, 62.8395, 25.0847)
Luminance	0.6284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED272 #727EDE

analogous

#DE9C72 #DED272 #B4DE72

triadic

#DED272 #72DED2 #D272DE

tetradic

#DED272 #72DE9C #727EDE #DE72B4

square

#DED272 #72DE9C #727EDE #DE72B4

split-complementary

#DED272 #72B4DE #9C72DE

monochromatic

#AD9E29 #D2C240 #DED272 #EAE2A4 #F5F2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#DED272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED272

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED272	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.119 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadf9c',
    500: '#ded272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded272;
$custom-light: #eadf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85357,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED272

secondary

#4551AF

accent

#2FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED272

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

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