#DED555#DED555

#DED555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.148 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED555
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.85, -12.32, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.85, 63.64, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0389 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.148 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5601, 63.7759, 17.9759)
Luminance	0.6377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED555 #555EDE

analogous

#DE9055 #DED555 #A3DE55

triadic

#DED555 #55DED5 #D555DE

tetradic

#DED555 #55DE90 #555EDE #DE55A3

square

#DED555 #55DE90 #555EDE #DE55A3

split-complementary

#DED555 #55A3DE #9055DE

monochromatic

#9B921E #CEC328 #DED555 #E8E288 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#DED555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED555

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED555	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.148 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18a',
    500: '#ded555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded555;
$custom-light: #ebe18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85652,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED555

secondary

#393F9E

accent

#22CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED555

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

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