#DED85C#DED85C

#DED85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.145 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED85C
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -13.35, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 61.83, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0411 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.145 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6136, 65.4158, 19.7675)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED85C #5C62DE

analogous

#DE975C #DED85C #A3DE5C

triadic

#DED85C #5CDED8 #D85CDE

tetradic

#DED85C #5CDE97 #5C62DE #DE5CA3

square

#DED85C #5CDE97 #5C62DE #DE5CA3

split-complementary

#DED85C #5CA3DE #975CDE

monochromatic

#9F9920 #D2CB2B #DED85C #E8E48F #F3F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#DED85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED85C

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED85C	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)

#E9D14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.145 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38f',
    500: '#ded85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded85c;
$custom-light: #ebe38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.231,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86347,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED85C

secondary

#3C40A3

accent

#20CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED85C

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

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