#DEDA57#DEDA57

#DEDA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.151 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA57
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -14.68, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 64.72, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0454 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.151 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9178, 66.3623, 18.8259)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA57 #575BDE

analogous

#DE9657 #DEDA57 #9EDE57

triadic

#DEDA57 #57DEDA #DA57DE

tetradic

#DEDA57 #57DE96 #575BDE #DE579E

square

#DEDA57 #57DE96 #575BDE #DE579E

split-complementary

#DEDA57 #579EDE #9657DE

monochromatic

#9C981F #CFCA29 #DEDA57 #E8E58A #F2F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DEDA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA57

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA57	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.151 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58c',
    500: '#deda57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda57;
$custom-light: #ebe58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86718,
    "c": 0.15085,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA57

secondary

#3A3DA0

accent

#1CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA57

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

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