#DED74D#DED74D

#DED74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.155 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED74D
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -13.80, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 67.61, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0439 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.155 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.7662, 64.6682, 16.5644)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED74D #4D54DE

analogous

#DE8E4D #DED74D #9CDE4D

triadic

#DED74D #4DDED7 #D74DDE

tetradic

#DED74D #4DDE8E #4D54DE #DE4D9C

square

#DED74D #4DDE8E #4D54DE #DE4D9C

split-complementary

#DED74D #4D9CDE #8E4DDE

monochromatic

#958F1C #C9C125 #DED74D #E8E381 #F1EEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#DED74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED74D

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED74D	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.155 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece386',
    500: '#ded74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded74d;
$custom-light: #ece386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86001,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED74D

secondary

#363B99

accent

#45EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED74D

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

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