#DED963#DED963

#DED963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED963
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 55.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -13.34, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 59.17, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.63% -0.0403 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.63% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.1909, 66.0579, 21.5398)
Luminance	0.6606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED963 #6368DE

analogous

#DE9B63 #DED963 #A5DE63

triadic

#DED963 #63DED9 #D963DE

tetradic

#DED963 #63DE9B #6368DE #DE63A5

square

#DED963 #63DE9B #6368DE #DE63A5

split-complementary

#DED963 #63A5DE #9B63DE

monochromatic

#A49F23 #D3CD30 #DED963 #E9E596 #F3F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#DED963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED963

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED963	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)

#E9D257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe493',
    500: '#ded963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded963;
$custom-light: #ebe493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8663,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED963

secondary

#3E43A7

accent

#20CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED963

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

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