#DED43E#DED43E

#DED43E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.162 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED43E
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 72.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -13.06, 70.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 72.06, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0434 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.162 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5394, 62.9664, 13.8374)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED43E #3E48DE

analogous

#DE843E #DED43E #98DE3E

triadic

#DED43E #3EDED4 #D43EDE

tetradic

#DED43E #3EDE84 #3E48DE #DE3E98

square

#DED43E #3EDE84 #3E48DE #DE3E98

split-complementary

#DED43E #3E98DE #843EDE

monochromatic

#8A8318 #BEB421 #DED43E #E7E072 #F0EBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#DED43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED43E

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED43E	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	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)

#E6CC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.162 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece07d',
    500: '#ded43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded43e;
$custom-light: #ece07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 70.796,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85263,
    "c": 0.16234,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED43E

secondary

#303690

accent

#45EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED43E

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

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