#DED252#DED252

#DED252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.147 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED252
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.04, -11.00, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.04, 63.78, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0355 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.147 104)
XYZ	xyz(54.6958, 62.2340, 17.1123)
Luminance	0.6223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED252 #525EDE

analogous

#DE8C52 #DED252 #A4DE52

triadic

#DED252 #52DED2 #D252DE

tetradic

#DED252 #52DE8C #525EDE #DE52A4

square

#DED252 #52DE8C #525EDE #DE52A4

split-complementary

#DED252 #52A4DE #8C52DE

monochromatic

#998E1D #CCBE27 #DED252 #E8DF85 #F2EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DED252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED252

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED252	1.00	1.56	13.45	13.45
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.147 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf88',
    500: '#ded252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded252;
$custom-light: #ebdf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84999,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.62232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED252

secondary

#38409D

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED252

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

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