#DED73B#DED73B

#DED73B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.167 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED73B
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -14.69, 72.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 74.09, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.0482 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.167 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2163, 64.4482, 13.6680)
Luminance	0.6445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED73B #3B42DE

analogous

#DE853B #DED73B #94DE3B

triadic

#DED73B #3BDED7 #D73BDE

tetradic

#DED73B #3BDE85 #3B42DE #DE3B94

square

#DED73B #3BDE85 #3B42DE #DE3B94

split-complementary

#DED73B #3B94DE #853BDE

monochromatic

#888317 #BCB520 #DED73B #E7E26F #F0ECA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#DED73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED73B

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED73B	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)

#E9CF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.167 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece37c',
    500: '#ded73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded73b;
$custom-light: #ece37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.423,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85874,
    "c": 0.16673,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED73B

secondary

#2F348E

accent

#42EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED73B

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

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