#DED74E#DED74E

#DED74E 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 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED74E
RGB	rgb(222, 215, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -13.74, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 67.22, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0437 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.155 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.8018, 64.6824, 16.7518)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED74E #4E55DE

analogous

#DE8F4E #DED74E #9DDE4E

triadic

#DED74E #4EDED7 #D74EDE

tetradic

#DED74E #4EDE8F #4E55DE #DE4E9D

square

#DED74E #4EDE8F #4E55DE #DE4E9D

split-complementary

#DED74E #4E9DDE #8F4EDE

monochromatic

#96901C #C9C126 #DED74E #E8E382 #F1EEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#DED74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED74E

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED74E	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 215, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.155 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece386',
    500: '#ded74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded74e;
$custom-light: #ece386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8601,
    "c": 0.15469,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED74E

secondary

#363B9A

accent

#45EB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED74E

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

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