#DED159#DED159

#DED159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.141 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED159
RGB	rgb(222, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.84, -10.04, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.84, 60.46, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.032 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.141 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7298, 61.8538, 18.5053)
Luminance	0.6185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED159 #5966DE

analogous

#DE8E59 #DED159 #A8DE59

triadic

#DED159 #59DED1 #D159DE

tetradic

#DED159 #59DE8E #5966DE #DE59A8

square

#DED159 #59DE8E #5966DE #DE59A8

split-complementary

#DED159 #59A8DE #8E59DE

monochromatic

#9D911F #D0C029 #DED159 #E8DF8C #F2EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#DED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#DED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED159

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED159	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.141 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebde8c',
    500: '#ded159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded159;
$custom-light: #ebde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84858,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED159

secondary

#3A44A1

accent

#29CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED159

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

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