#DED861#DED861

#DED861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.141 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED861
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -12.99, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 59.65, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.4% -0.0395 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(86.4% 0.141 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.8395, 65.5061, 20.9568)
Luminance	0.6550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED861 #6167DE

analogous

#DE9961 #DED861 #A5DE61

triadic

#DED861 #61DED8 #D861DE

tetradic

#DED861 #61DE99 #6167DE #DE61A5

square

#DED861 #61DE99 #6167DE #DE61A5

split-complementary

#DED861 #61A5DE #9961DE

monochromatic

#A39C22 #D3CC2E #DED861 #E9E494 #F3F1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#DED861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED861

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED861	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.141 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe392',
    500: '#ded861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded861;
$custom-light: #ebe392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86399,
    "c": 0.14056,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED861

secondary

#3E43A6

accent

#21CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED861

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

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