#DED461#DED461

#DED461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.137 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED461
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -10.99, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 58.09, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0338 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.137 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8272, 63.4815, 20.6194)
Luminance	0.6348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED461 #616BDE

analogous

#DE9561 #DED461 #A9DE61

triadic

#DED461 #61DED4 #D461DE

tetradic

#DED461 #61DE95 #616BDE #DE61A9

square

#DED461 #61DE95 #616BDE #DE61A9

split-complementary

#DED461 #61A9DE #9561DE

monochromatic

#A39822 #D3C62E #DED461 #E9E294 #F3F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DED461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED461

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED461	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.137 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe192',
    500: '#ded461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded461;
$custom-light: #ebe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85565,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED461

secondary

#3E46A6

accent

#27CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED461

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

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