#DED851#DED851

#DED851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.153 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED851
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -14.06, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 66.40, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0443 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.153 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.1672, 65.2372, 17.4164)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED851 #5157DE

analogous

#DE9251 #DED851 #9EDE51

triadic

#DED851 #51DED8 #D851DE

tetradic

#DED851 #51DE92 #5157DE #DE519E

square

#DED851 #51DE92 #5157DE #DE519E

split-complementary

#DED851 #519EDE #9251DE

monochromatic

#98931D #CBC427 #DED851 #E8E484 #F2EFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#DED851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED851

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED851	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.153 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe388',
    500: '#ded851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded851;
$custom-light: #ebe388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86245,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED851

secondary

#373C9C

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED851

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

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