#DED957#DED957

#DED957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.150 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED957
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -14.18, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 64.33, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.044 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.15 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.6592, 65.8452, 18.7398)
Luminance	0.6584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED957 #575CDE

analogous

#DE9557 #DED957 #9FDE57

triadic

#DED957 #57DED9 #D957DE

tetradic

#DED957 #57DE95 #575CDE #DE579F

square

#DED957 #57DE95 #575CDE #DE579F

split-complementary

#DED957 #579FDE #9557DE

monochromatic

#9C971F #CFC929 #DED957 #E8E58A #F2F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DED957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED957

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED957	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.150 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe48c',
    500: '#ded957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded957;
$custom-light: #ebe48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86508,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED957

secondary

#3A3DA0

accent

#1DCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED957

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

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