#DED254#DED254

#DED254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; 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	#DED254
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.05, -10.87, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.05, 62.95, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0349 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7731, 62.2649, 17.5189)
Luminance	0.6226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED254 #5460DE

analogous

#DE8D54 #DED254 #A5DE54

triadic

#DED254 #54DED2 #D254DE

tetradic

#DED254 #54DE8D #5460DE #DE54A5

square

#DED254 #54DE8D #5460DE #DE54A5

split-complementary

#DED254 #54A5DE #8D54DE

monochromatic

#9A8F1E #CDBF28 #DED254 #E8E087 #F2EDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.45

#DED254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED254

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED254	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)

#E3CB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf89',
    500: '#ded254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded254;
$custom-light: #ebdf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85017,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED254

secondary

#38419E

accent

#4CEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED254

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

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