#DED44E#DED44E

#DED44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.152 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED44E
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -12.24, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 66.12, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(85.38% -0.0394 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(85.38% 0.152 105)
XYZ	xyz(55.0449, 63.1686, 16.4995)
Luminance	0.6317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED44E #4E58DE

analogous

#DE8C4E #DED44E #A0DE4E

triadic

#DED44E #4EDED4 #D44EDE

tetradic

#DED44E #4EDE8C #4E58DE #DE4EA0

square

#DED44E #4EDE8C #4E58DE #DE4EA0

split-complementary

#DED44E #4EA0DE #8C4EDE

monochromatic

#968D1C #C9BE26 #DED44E #E8E182 #F1EDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#DED44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED44E

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED44E	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.152 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece086',
    500: '#ded44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded44e;
$custom-light: #ece086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85382,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED44E

secondary

#363D9A

accent

#49EB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED44E

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

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