#DED85D#DED85D

#DED85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.144 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED85D
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.71, -13.28, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.71, 61.40, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0408 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.144 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6576, 65.4334, 19.9992)
Luminance	0.6543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED85D #5D63DE

analogous

#DE985D #DED85D #A4DE5D

triadic

#DED85D #5DDED8 #D85DDE

tetradic

#DED85D #5DDE98 #5D63DE #DE5DA4

square

#DED85D #5DDE98 #5D63DE #DE5DA4

split-complementary

#DED85D #5DA4DE #985DDE

monochromatic

#A09A21 #D3CB2B #DED85D #E8E490 #F3F0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DED85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED85D

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED85D	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.144 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38f',
    500: '#ded85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded85d;
$custom-light: #ebe38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86357,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED85D

secondary

#3C41A3

accent

#20CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED85D

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

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