#DED556#DED556

#DED556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.147 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED556
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -12.25, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 63.22, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0386 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.147 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6001, 63.7919, 18.1866)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED556 #565FDE

analogous

#DE9156 #DED556 #A3DE56

triadic

#DED556 #56DED5 #D556DE

tetradic

#DED556 #56DE91 #565FDE #DE56A3

square

#DED556 #56DE91 #565FDE #DE56A3

split-complementary

#DED556 #56A3DE #9156DE

monochromatic

#9B931E #CEC328 #DED556 #E8E289 #F2EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#DED556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED556

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED556	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.147 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18b',
    500: '#ded556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded556;
$custom-light: #ebe18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85662,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED556

secondary

#39409F

accent

#23CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED556

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

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