#DED261#DED261

#DED261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED261
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -9.98, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 57.32, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.0309 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3303, 62.4878, 20.4537)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED261 #616DDE

analogous

#DE9361 #DED261 #ABDE61

triadic

#DED261 #61DED2 #D261DE

tetradic

#DED261 #61DE93 #616DDE #DE61AB

square

#DED261 #61DE93 #616DDE #DE61AB

split-complementary

#DED261 #61ABDE #9361DE

monochromatic

#A39622 #D3C42E #DED261 #E9E094 #F3EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#DED261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED261

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED261	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf91',
    500: '#ded261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded261;
$custom-light: #ebdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85149,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED261

secondary

#3E48A6

accent

#2ACD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED261

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

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