#DED259#DED259

#DED259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED259
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -10.55, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 60.83, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0334 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.142 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9759, 62.3460, 18.5874)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED259 #5965DE

analogous

#DE8F59 #DED259 #A8DE59

triadic

#DED259 #59DED2 #D259DE

tetradic

#DED259 #59DE8F #5965DE #DE59A8

square

#DED259 #59DE8F #5965DE #DE59A8

split-complementary

#DED259 #59A8DE #8F59DE

monochromatic

#9D921F #D0C129 #DED259 #E8E08C #F2EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#DED259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED259

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED259	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8c',
    500: '#ded259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded259;
$custom-light: #ebdf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85066,
    "c": 0.1415,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED259

secondary

#3A44A1

accent

#27CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED259

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

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