#DED255#DED255

#DED255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED255
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.06, -10.81, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.06, 62.53, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0346 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8125, 62.2807, 17.7267)
Luminance	0.6228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED255 #5561DE

analogous

#DE8E55 #DED255 #A5DE55

triadic

#DED255 #55DED2 #D255DE

tetradic

#DED255 #55DE8E #5561DE #DE55A5

square

#DED255 #55DE8E #5561DE #DE55A5

split-complementary

#DED255 #55A5DE #8E55DE

monochromatic

#9B901E #CEBF28 #DED255 #E8E088 #F2EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DED255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED255

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED255	1.00	1.56	13.46	13.46
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8a',
    500: '#ded255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded255;
$custom-light: #ebdf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85027,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED255

secondary

#39429E

accent

#26CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED255

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

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