#DED456#DED456

#DED456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED456
RGB	rgb(222, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.59, -11.75, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.59, 62.85, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.45% -0.0372 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.45% 0.146 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3494, 63.2904, 18.1030)
Luminance	0.6329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED456 #5660DE

analogous

#DE9056 #DED456 #A4DE56

triadic

#DED456 #56DED4 #D456DE

tetradic

#DED456 #56DE90 #5660DE #DE56A4

square

#DED456 #56DE90 #5660DE #DE56A4

split-complementary

#DED456 #56A4DE #9056DE

monochromatic

#9B921E #CEC228 #DED456 #E8E189 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#DED456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#DED456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED456

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED456	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe08b',
    500: '#ded456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded456;
$custom-light: #ebe08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.588,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85453,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED456

secondary

#39419F

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED456

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

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