#DED43B#DED43B

#DED43B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.164 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED43B
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.41, -13.20, 71.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.41, 73.07, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.044 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.164 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4594, 62.9344, 13.4157)
Luminance	0.6293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED43B #3B45DE

analogous

#DE823B #DED43B #96DE3B

triadic

#DED43B #3BDED4 #D43BDE

tetradic

#DED43B #3BDE82 #3B45DE #DE3B96

square

#DED43B #3BDE82 #3B45DE #DE3B96

split-complementary

#DED43B #3B96DE #823BDE

monochromatic

#888117 #BCB320 #DED43B #E7DF6F #F0EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DED43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED43B

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED43B	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	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)

#E7CC1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.164 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece07c',
    500: '#ded43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded43b;
$custom-light: #ece07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.319,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85244,
    "c": 0.16404,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED43B

secondary

#2F358E

accent

#45EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED43B

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

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