#DED281#DED281

#DED281 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED281
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 41.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -7.13, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 42.17, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0195 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1344, 63.2095, 29.9556)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED281 #818DDE

analogous

#DEA481 #DED281 #BCDE81

triadic

#DED281 #81DED2 #D281DE

tetradic

#DED281 #81DEA4 #818DDE #DE81BC

square

#DED281 #81DEA4 #818DDE #DE81BC

split-complementary

#DED281 #81BCDE #A481DE

monochromatic

#B5A42F #D1C151 #DED281 #EBE3B1 #F7F5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DED281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED281

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED281	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBC8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eadfa7',
    500: '#ded281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded281;
$custom-light: #eadfa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85574,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED281

secondary

#4E5CB5

accent

#35C61F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#16150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED281

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

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