#DED460#DED460

#DED460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED460
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -11.06, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 58.53, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0341 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7808, 63.4630, 20.3753)
Luminance	0.6346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED460 #606ADE

analogous

#DE9560 #DED460 #A9DE60

triadic

#DED460 #60DED4 #D460DE

tetradic

#DED460 #60DE95 #606ADE #DE60A9

square

#DED460 #60DE95 #606ADE #DE60A9

split-complementary

#DED460 #60A9DE #9560DE

monochromatic

#A29822 #D3C62D #DED460 #E9E293 #F3EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DED460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED460

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED460	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)

#E5CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe191',
    500: '#ded460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded460;
$custom-light: #ebe191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85554,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED460

secondary

#3D45A5

accent

#26CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED460

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

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