#DED457#DED457

#DED457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED457
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -11.69, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 62.43, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0369 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3899, 63.3066, 18.3167)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED457 #5761DE

analogous

#DE9157 #DED457 #A4DE57

triadic

#DED457 #57DED4 #D457DE

tetradic

#DED457 #57DE91 #5761DE #DE57A4

square

#DED457 #57DE91 #5761DE #DE57A4

split-complementary

#DED457 #57A4DE #9157DE

monochromatic

#9C931F #CFC329 #DED457 #E8E18A #F2EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DED457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED457

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED457	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe08b',
    500: '#ded457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded457;
$custom-light: #ebe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85462,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED457

secondary

#3A41A0

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED457

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

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