#DED256#DED256

#DED256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.144 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED256
RGB	rgb(222, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.07, -10.75, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.07, 62.11, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0343 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.144 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8525, 62.2967, 17.9374)
Luminance	0.6230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED256 #5662DE

analogous

#DE8E56 #DED256 #A6DE56

triadic

#DED256 #56DED2 #D256DE

tetradic

#DED256 #56DE8E #5662DE #DE56A6

square

#DED256 #56DE8E #5662DE #DE56A6

split-complementary

#DED256 #56A6DE #8E56DE

monochromatic

#9B901E #CEC028 #DED256 #E8E089 #F2EDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#DED256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.46

#DED256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED256

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED256	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)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.144 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebdf8b',
    500: '#ded256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded256;
$custom-light: #ebdf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85036,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED256

secondary

#39429F

accent

#27CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED256

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

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