#DED965#DED965

#DED965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.138 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED965
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -13.19, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 58.28, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0396 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.138 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2877, 66.0966, 22.0496)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED965 #656ADE

analogous

#DE9C65 #DED965 #A6DE65

triadic

#DED965 #65DED9 #D965DE

tetradic

#DED965 #65DE9C #656ADE #DE65A6

square

#DED965 #65DE9C #656ADE #DE65A6

split-complementary

#DED965 #65A6DE #9C65DE

monochromatic

#A5A023 #D3CD33 #DED965 #E9E597 #F4F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#DED965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED965

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED965	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D259

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.138 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe494',
    500: '#ded965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded965;
$custom-light: #ebe494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86652,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED965

secondary

#3F44A8

accent

#20CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED965

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

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