#DED85B#DED85B

#DED85B 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	#DED85B
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -13.42, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 62.26, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0414 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5702, 65.3984, 19.5388)
Luminance	0.6540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED85B #5B61DE

analogous

#DE975B #DED85B #A3DE5B

triadic

#DED85B #5BDED8 #D85BDE

tetradic

#DED85B #5BDE97 #5B61DE #DE5BA3

square

#DED85B #5BDE97 #5B61DE #DE5BA3

split-complementary

#DED85B #5BA3DE #975BDE

monochromatic

#9F9920 #D2CA2A #DED85B #E8E48E #F3F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DED85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED85B

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED85B	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)

#E9D04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38e',
    500: '#ded85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded85b;
$custom-light: #ebe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86337,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED85B

secondary

#3B40A2

accent

#20CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED85B

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

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