#DED960#DED960

#DED960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.142 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED960
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 56.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -13.56, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 60.49, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0412 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.142 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.0501, 66.0015, 20.7984)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED960 #6065DE

analogous

#DE9A60 #DED960 #A4DE60

triadic

#DED960 #60DED9 #D960DE

tetradic

#DED960 #60DE9A #6065DE #DE60A4

square

#DED960 #60DE9A #6065DE #DE60A4

split-complementary

#DED960 #60A4DE #9A60DE

monochromatic

#A29D22 #D3CD2D #DED960 #E9E593 #F3F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DED960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED960

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED960	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.142 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe491',
    500: '#ded960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded960;
$custom-light: #ebe491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86598,
    "c": 0.14243,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED960

secondary

#3D41A5

accent

#1FCD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED960

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

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