#DEDA51#DEDA51

#DEDA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.155 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA51
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -15.06, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 67.15, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0471 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.155 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.6827, 66.2683, 17.5882)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA51 #5155DE

analogous

#DE9451 #DEDA51 #9CDE51

triadic

#DEDA51 #51DEDA #DA51DE

tetradic

#DEDA51 #51DE94 #5155DE #DE519C

square

#DEDA51 #51DE94 #5155DE #DE519C

split-complementary

#DEDA51 #519CDE #9451DE

monochromatic

#98941D #CBC727 #DEDA51 #E8E584 #F2F0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#DEDA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA51

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA51	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.155 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe588',
    500: '#deda51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda51;
$custom-light: #ebe588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86665,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA51

secondary

#373A9C

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA51

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

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