#DED857#DED857

#DED857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.149 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED857
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -13.69, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 63.94, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.3% -0.0426 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.3% 0.149 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4023, 65.3313, 18.6541)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED857 #575DDE

analogous

#DE9457 #DED857 #A1DE57

triadic

#DED857 #57DED8 #D857DE

tetradic

#DED857 #57DE94 #575DDE #DE57A1

square

#DED857 #57DE94 #575DDE #DE57A1

split-complementary

#DED857 #57A1DE #9457DE

monochromatic

#9C961F #CFC829 #DED857 #E8E48A #F2F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#DED857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED857

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED857	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.149 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38c',
    500: '#ded857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded857;
$custom-light: #ebe38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86299,
    "c": 0.14887,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED857

secondary

#3A3EA0

accent

#1FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED857

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

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