#DED85A#DED85A

#DED85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED85A
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.68, -13.49, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.68, 62.68, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0417 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5274, 65.3813, 19.3131)
Luminance	0.6538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED85A #5A60DE

analogous

#DE965A #DED85A #A2DE5A

triadic

#DED85A #5ADED8 #D85ADE

tetradic

#DED85A #5ADE96 #5A60DE #DE5AA2

square

#DED85A #5ADE96 #5A60DE #DE5AA2

split-complementary

#DED85A #5AA2DE #965ADE

monochromatic

#9E9820 #D1C92A #DED85A #E8E48D #F2F0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DED85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED85A

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED85A	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38d',
    500: '#ded85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded85a;
$custom-light: #ebe38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86327,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED85A

secondary

#3B3FA1

accent

#1FCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED85A

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

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