#DED551#DED551

#DED551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.151 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED551
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -12.57, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 65.28, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.04 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.151 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4057, 63.7141, 17.1625)
Luminance	0.6371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#DED551 #515ADE

analogous

#DE8F51 #DED551 #A1DE51

triadic

#DED551 #51DED5 #D551DE

tetradic

#DED551 #51DE8F #515ADE #DE51A1

square

#DED551 #51DE8F #515ADE #DE51A1

split-complementary

#DED551 #51A1DE #8F51DE

monochromatic

#98901D #CBC127 #DED551 #E8E184 #F2EEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#DED551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED551

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED551	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.151 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe188',
    500: '#ded551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded551;
$custom-light: #ebe188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85616,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED551

secondary

#373E9C

accent

#48EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED551

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

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