#DEDF57#DEDF57

#DEDF57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDF57
RGB	rgb(222, 223, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -17.15, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 66.69, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0524 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.156 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.2339, 68.9946, 19.2647)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDF57 #5857DF

analogous

#DF9C57 #DEDF57 #9ADF57

triadic

#DEDF57 #57DEDF #DF57DE

tetradic

#DEDF57 #57DF9C #5857DF #DF579A

square

#DEDF57 #57DF9C #5857DF #DF579A

split-complementary

#DEDF57 #579ADF #9C57DF

monochromatic

#9D9E1E #D0D128 #DEDF57 #E8E98A #F2F3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDF57

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDF57	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 223, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88c',
    500: '#dedf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedf57;
$custom-light: #ebe88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87772,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDF57

secondary

#3A39A1

accent

#16D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDF57

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

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