#DED962#DED962

#DED962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.141 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED962
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -13.41, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 59.61, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.62% -0.0406 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(86.62% 0.141 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1434, 66.0388, 21.2896)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED962 #6267DE

analogous

#DE9B62 #DED962 #A5DE62

triadic

#DED962 #62DED9 #D962DE

tetradic

#DED962 #62DE9B #6267DE #DE62A5

square

#DED962 #62DE9B #6267DE #DE62A5

split-complementary

#DED962 #62A5DE #9B62DE

monochromatic

#A39E22 #D3CD2F #DED962 #E9E595 #F3F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DED962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED962

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED962	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.141 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe492',
    500: '#ded962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded962;
$custom-light: #ebe492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86619,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED962

secondary

#3E42A6

accent

#20CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED962

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

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