#DED459#DED459

#DED459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.143 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED459
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -11.55, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 61.58, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0363 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.143 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.4728, 63.3398, 18.7530)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED459 #5963DE

analogous

#DE9159 #DED459 #A5DE59

triadic

#DED459 #59DED4 #D459DE

tetradic

#DED459 #59DE91 #5963DE #DE59A5

square

#DED459 #59DE91 #5963DE #DE59A5

split-complementary

#DED459 #59A5DE #9159DE

monochromatic

#9D941F #D0C429 #DED459 #E8E18C #F2EEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#DED459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED459

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED459	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.143 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18d',
    500: '#ded459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded459;
$custom-light: #ebe18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.489,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85482,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED459

secondary

#3A42A1

accent

#25CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED459

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

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