#DED257#DED257

#DED257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED257
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.08, -10.68, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.08, 61.69, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.034 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8931, 62.3129, 18.1511)
Luminance	0.6231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED257 #5763DE

analogous

#DE8F57 #DED257 #A6DE57

triadic

#DED257 #57DED2 #D257DE

tetradic

#DED257 #57DE8F #5763DE #DE57A6

square

#DED257 #57DE8F #5763DE #DE57A6

split-complementary

#DED257 #57A6DE #8F57DE

monochromatic

#9C911F #CFC029 #DED257 #E8E08A #F2EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DED257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED257

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED257	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8b',
    500: '#ded257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded257;
$custom-light: #ebdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85046,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED257

secondary

#3A43A0

accent

#27CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED257

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

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