#DED95E#DED95E

#DED95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.144 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED95E
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -13.71, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 61.36, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0419 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.144 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.9592, 65.9652, 20.3196)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED95E #5E63DE

analogous

#DE995E #DED95E #A3DE5E

triadic

#DED95E #5EDED9 #D95EDE

tetradic

#DED95E #5EDE99 #5E63DE #DE5EA3

square

#DED95E #5EDE99 #5E63DE #DE5EA3

split-complementary

#DED95E #5EA3DE #995EDE

monochromatic

#A19C21 #D3CD2B #DED95E #E8E591 #F3F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#DED95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED95E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED95E	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.144 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe490',
    500: '#ded95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded95e;
$custom-light: #ebe490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86577,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED95E

secondary

#3C40A4

accent

#1FCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED95E

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

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