#DED451#DED451

#DED451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED451
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -12.07, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 64.92, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0386 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.1549, 63.2126, 17.0789)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED451 #515BDE

analogous

#DE8E51 #DED451 #A1DE51

triadic

#DED451 #51DED4 #D451DE

tetradic

#DED451 #51DE8E #515BDE #DE51A1

square

#DED451 #51DE8E #515BDE #DE51A1

split-complementary

#DED451 #51A1DE #8E51DE

monochromatic

#988F1D #CBC027 #DED451 #E8E184 #F2EDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#DED451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED451

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED451	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe088',
    500: '#ded451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded451;
$custom-light: #ebe088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85407,
    "c": 0.14967,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED451

secondary

#373E9C

accent

#49EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED451

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

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