#DED559#DED559

#DED559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.144 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED559
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.88, -12.05, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.88, 61.96, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.0377 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7235, 63.8413, 18.8366)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED559 #5962DE

analogous

#DE9259 #DED559 #A4DE59

triadic

#DED559 #59DED5 #D559DE

tetradic

#DED559 #59DE92 #5962DE #DE59A4

square

#DED559 #59DE92 #5962DE #DE59A4

split-complementary

#DED559 #59A4DE #9259DE

monochromatic

#9D951F #D0C529 #DED559 #E8E28C #F2EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#DED559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DED559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED559

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED559	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18d',
    500: '#ded559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded559;
$custom-light: #ebe18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8569,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED559

secondary

#3A41A1

accent

#23CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED559

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

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