#DED45E#DED45E

#DED45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.139 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED45E
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -11.20, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 59.41, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0347 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.139 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.6899, 63.4266, 19.8966)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED45E #5E68DE

analogous

#DE945E #DED45E #A8DE5E

triadic

#DED45E #5EDED4 #D45EDE

tetradic

#DED45E #5EDE94 #5E68DE #DE5EA8

square

#DED45E #5EDE94 #5E68DE #DE5EA8

split-complementary

#DED45E #5EA8DE #945EDE

monochromatic

#A19721 #D3C62B #DED45E #E8E291 #F3EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DED45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED45E

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED45E	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.139 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe190',
    500: '#ded45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded45e;
$custom-light: #ebe190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.313,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85533,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED45E

secondary

#3C44A4

accent

#26CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED45E

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

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