#DEDC51#DEDC51

#DEDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.157 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC51
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -16.04, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 67.92, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0499 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.157 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.2045, 67.3118, 17.7621)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC51 #5153DE

analogous

#DE9651 #DEDC51 #9ADE51

triadic

#DEDC51 #51DEDC #DC51DE

tetradic

#DEDC51 #51DE96 #5153DE #DE519A

square

#DEDC51 #51DE96 #5153DE #DE519A

split-complementary

#DEDC51 #519ADE #9651DE

monochromatic

#98961D #CBC927 #DEDC51 #E8E684 #F2F1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#DEDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC51

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC51	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.157 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe688',
    500: '#dedc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc51;
$custom-light: #ebe688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87086,
    "c": 0.15739,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC51

secondary

#37399C

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC51

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

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