#DEDF51#DEDF51

#DEDF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.160 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDF51
RGB	rgb(222, 223, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -17.52, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 69.08, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.054 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.16 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9989, 68.9006, 18.0269)
Luminance	0.6890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDF51 #5251DF

analogous

#DF9951 #DEDF51 #97DF51

triadic

#DEDF51 #51DEDF #DF51DE

tetradic

#DEDF51 #51DF99 #5251DF #DF5197

square

#DEDF51 #51DF99 #5251DF #DF5197

split-complementary

#DEDF51 #5197DF #9951DF

monochromatic

#99991C #CCCD26 #DEDF51 #E8E985 #F2F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#DEDF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDF51

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDF51	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 223, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.160 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe889',
    500: '#dedf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedf51;
$custom-light: #ebe889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87719,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDF51

secondary

#38379D

accent

#3CEC3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDF51

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

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