#DED949#DED949

#DED949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.160 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED949
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -15.01, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 69.87, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.0478 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.16 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1417, 65.6382, 16.0142)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED949 #494EDE

analogous

#DE8F49 #DED949 #98DE49

triadic

#DED949 #49DED9 #D949DE

tetradic

#DED949 #49DE8F #494EDE #DE4998

square

#DED949 #49DE8F #494EDE #DE4998

split-complementary

#DED949 #4998DE #8F49DE

monochromatic

#928E1A #C6C024 #DED949 #E7E47D #F1EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#DED949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED949

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED949	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.160 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece484',
    500: '#ded949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded949;
$custom-light: #ece484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8639,
    "c": 0.16006,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED949

secondary

#343897

accent

#42EC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED949

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

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