#DED85E#DED85E

#DED85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.143 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED85E
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -13.21, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 60.96, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0404 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.143 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7022, 65.4512, 20.2340)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED85E #5E64DE

analogous

#DE985E #DED85E #A4DE5E

triadic

#DED85E #5EDED8 #D85EDE

tetradic

#DED85E #5EDE98 #5E64DE #DE5EA4

square

#DED85E #5EDE98 #5E64DE #DE5EA4

split-complementary

#DED85E #5EA4DE #985EDE

monochromatic

#A19B21 #D3CC2B #DED85E #E8E491 #F3F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DED85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED85E

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED85E	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)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.143 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe390',
    500: '#ded85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded85e;
$custom-light: #ebe390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86368,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED85E

secondary

#3C41A4

accent

#20CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED85E

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

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