#DED853#DED853

#DED853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.152 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED853
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -13.94, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 65.59, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0437 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.152 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2433, 65.2677, 17.8172)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED853 #5359DE

analogous

#DE9353 #DED853 #9FDE53

triadic

#DED853 #53DED8 #D853DE

tetradic

#DED853 #53DE93 #5359DE #DE539F

square

#DED853 #53DE93 #5359DE #DE539F

split-complementary

#DED853 #539FDE #9353DE

monochromatic

#99941D #CDC527 #DED853 #E8E486 #F2EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DED853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED853

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED853	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.152 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe389',
    500: '#ded853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded853;
$custom-light: #ebe389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86262,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED853

secondary

#383C9D

accent

#45EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED853

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

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