#DED53B#DED53B

#DED53B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.165 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED53B
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -13.69, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 73.41, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0454 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.165 106)
XYZ	xyz(54.7101, 63.4359, 13.4993)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED53B #3B44DE

analogous

#DE833B #DED53B #96DE3B

triadic

#DED53B #3BDED5 #D53BDE

tetradic

#DED53B #3BDE83 #3B44DE #DE3B96

square

#DED53B #3BDE83 #3B44DE #DE3B96

split-complementary

#DED53B #3B96DE #833BDE

monochromatic

#888217 #BCB320 #DED53B #E7E06F #F0EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#DED53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED53B

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED53B	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.165 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece17c',
    500: '#ded53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded53b;
$custom-light: #ece17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.687,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85454,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.63434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED53B

secondary

#2F358E

accent

#44EE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED53B

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

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