#DED462#DED462

#DED462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED462
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -10.91, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 57.64, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0335 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.8741, 63.5003, 20.8665)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED462 #626CDE

analogous

#DE9662 #DED462 #AADE62

triadic

#DED462 #62DED4 #D462DE

tetradic

#DED462 #62DE96 #626CDE #DE62AA

square

#DED462 #62DE96 #626CDE #DE62AA

split-complementary

#DED462 #62AADE #9662DE

monochromatic

#A39922 #D3C62F #DED462 #E9E295 #F3F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DED462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED462

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED462	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)

#E4CD56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe192',
    500: '#ded462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded462;
$custom-light: #ebe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85576,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED462

secondary

#3E46A6

accent

#27CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED462

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

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