#DED83B#DED83B

#DED83B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.168 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED83B
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -15.18, 72.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 74.43, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0496 0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.168 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4717, 64.9590, 13.7532)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED83B #3B41DE

analogous

#DE863B #DED83B #93DE3B

triadic

#DED83B #3BDED8 #D83BDE

tetradic

#DED83B #3BDE86 #3B41DE #DE3B93

square

#DED83B #3BDE86 #3B41DE #DE3B93

split-complementary

#DED83B #3B93DE #863BDE

monochromatic

#888417 #BCB620 #DED83B #E7E26F #F0EDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#DED83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#DED83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED83B

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED83B	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.168 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece37c',
    500: '#ded83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded83b;
$custom-light: #ece37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.791,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86085,
    "c": 0.16764,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED83B

secondary

#2F338E

accent

#40EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED83B

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

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