#DED85F#DED85F

#DED85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.142 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED85F
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 57.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -13.14, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 60.53, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0401 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.142 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.7474, 65.4693, 20.4718)
Luminance	0.6547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED85F #5F65DE

analogous

#DE985F #DED85F #A5DE5F

triadic

#DED85F #5FDED8 #D85FDE

tetradic

#DED85F #5FDE98 #5F65DE #DE5FA5

square

#DED85F #5FDE98 #5F65DE #DE5FA5

split-complementary

#DED85F #5FA5DE #985FDE

monochromatic

#A19B21 #D4CC2C #DED85F #E8E492 #F3F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#DED85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED85F

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED85F	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)

#E8D152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.142 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe391',
    500: '#ded85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded85f;
$custom-light: #ebe391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86378,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED85F

secondary

#3D42A4

accent

#20CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED85F

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

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