#DED357#DED357

#DED357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.144 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED357
RGB	rgb(222, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -11.18, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 62.06, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0354 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.144 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1407, 62.8082, 18.2336)
Luminance	0.6281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED357 #5762DE

analogous

#DE8F57 #DED357 #A5DE57

triadic

#DED357 #57DED3 #D357DE

tetradic

#DED357 #57DE8F #5762DE #DE57A5

square

#DED357 #57DE8F #5762DE #DE57A5

split-complementary

#DED357 #57A5DE #8F57DE

monochromatic

#9C921F #CFC229 #DED357 #E8E08A #F2EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#DED357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#DED357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED357

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED357	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.144 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe08b',
    500: '#ded357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded357;
$custom-light: #ebe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85254,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED357

secondary

#3A42A0

accent

#25CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED357

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

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