#DED251#DED251

#DED251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.148 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED251
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -11.06, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 64.19, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0358 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.148 104)
XYZ	xyz(54.6581, 62.2189, 16.9133)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED251 #515DDE

analogous

#DE8C51 #DED251 #A3DE51

triadic

#DED251 #51DED2 #D251DE

tetradic

#DED251 #51DE8C #515DDE #DE51A3

square

#DED251 #51DE8C #515DDE #DE51A3

split-complementary

#DED251 #51A3DE #8C51DE

monochromatic

#988D1D #CBBD27 #DED251 #E8DF84 #F2EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#DED251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED251

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED251	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.148 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf88',
    500: '#ded251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded251;
$custom-light: #ebdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8499,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.62217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED251

secondary

#37409C

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED251

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

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