#DED65E#DED65E

#DED65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.141 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED65E
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -12.21, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 60.18, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0376 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.141 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1930, 64.4327, 20.0642)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED65E #5E66DE

analogous

#DE965E #DED65E #A6DE5E

triadic

#DED65E #5EDED6 #D65EDE

tetradic

#DED65E #5EDE96 #5E66DE #DE5EA6

square

#DED65E #5EDE96 #5E66DE #DE5EA6

split-complementary

#DED65E #5EA6DE #965EDE

monochromatic

#A19921 #D3C92B #DED65E #E8E391 #F3F0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DED65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED65E

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED65E	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.141 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe290',
    500: '#ded65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded65e;
$custom-light: #ebe290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8595,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED65E

secondary

#3C43A4

accent

#23CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED65E

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

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