#DED969#DED969

#DED969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.134 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED969
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -12.87, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 56.48, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0383 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.134 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.4884, 66.1769, 23.1070)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED969 #696EDE

analogous

#DE9F69 #DED969 #A9DE69

triadic

#DED969 #69DED9 #D969DE

tetradic

#DED969 #69DE9F #696EDE #DE69A9

square

#DED969 #69DE9F #696EDE #DE69A9

split-complementary

#DED969 #69A9DE #9F69DE

monochromatic

#A8A225 #D3CC37 #DED969 #E9E69B #F4F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#DED969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED969

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED969	1.00	1.48	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.134 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe497',
    500: '#ded969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded969;
$custom-light: #ebe497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 63.934,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86698,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED969

secondary

#4145AA

accent

#21CC1A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED969

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

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