#DED253#DED253

#DED253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED253
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -10.94, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 63.37, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0352 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7342, 62.2493, 17.3141)
Luminance	0.6225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED253 #535FDE

analogous

#DE8C53 #DED253 #A5DE53

triadic

#DED253 #53DED2 #D253DE

tetradic

#DED253 #53DE8C #535FDE #DE53A5

square

#DED253 #53DE8C #535FDE #DE53A5

split-complementary

#DED253 #53A5DE #8C53DE

monochromatic

#998F1D #CDBE27 #DED253 #E8DF86 #F2EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DED253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED253

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED253	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)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf89',
    500: '#ded253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded253;
$custom-light: #ebdf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85008,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED253

secondary

#38419D

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED253

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

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