#DED440#DED440

#DED440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.161 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED440
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -12.97, 70.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 71.37, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.0429 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.161 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.5953, 62.9888, 14.1317)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED440 #404ADE

analogous

#DE8540 #DED440 #99DE40

triadic

#DED440 #40DED4 #D440DE

tetradic

#DED440 #40DE85 #404ADE #DE4099

square

#DED440 #40DE85 #404ADE #DE4099

split-complementary

#DED440 #4099DE #8540DE

monochromatic

#8B8418 #C0B621 #DED440 #E7E074 #F0EBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#DED440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED440

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED440	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.161 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece07e',
    500: '#ded440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded440;
$custom-light: #ece07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85276,
    "c": 0.16116,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED440

secondary

#313791

accent

#46ED3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED440

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

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