#DED53E#DED53E

#DED53E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.163 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED53E
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.69, -13.56, 71.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.69, 72.40, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0448 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.163 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7902, 63.4679, 13.9209)
Luminance	0.6347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED53E #3E47DE

analogous

#DE853E #DED53E #97DE3E

triadic

#DED53E #3EDED5 #D53EDE

tetradic

#DED53E #3EDE85 #3E47DE #DE3E97

square

#DED53E #3EDE85 #3E47DE #DE3E97

split-complementary

#DED53E #3E97DE #853EDE

monochromatic

#8A8418 #BEB521 #DED53E #E7E072 #F0ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DED53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED53E

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED53E	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)

#E7CD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.163 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece17d',
    500: '#ded53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded53e;
$custom-light: #ece17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.625,
    "s": 70.796,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85473,
    "c": 0.16324,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED53E

secondary

#303690

accent

#44EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED53E

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

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