#DED541#DED541

#DED541 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.161 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED541
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -13.43, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 71.36, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0441 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.161 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8748, 63.5018, 14.3665)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED541 #414ADE

analogous

#DE8741 #DED541 #98DE41

triadic

#DED541 #41DED5 #D541DE

tetradic

#DED541 #41DE87 #414ADE #DE4198

square

#DED541 #41DE87 #414ADE #DE4198

split-complementary

#DED541 #4198DE #8741DE

monochromatic

#8C8618 #C0B721 #DED541 #E7E175 #F0ECA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#DED541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED541

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED541	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)

#E7CD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.161 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece17f',
    500: '#ded541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded541;
$custom-light: #ece17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.561,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85493,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED541

secondary

#323792

accent

#45ED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED541

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

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