#DED55A#DED55A

#DED55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; 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	#DED55A
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -11.99, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 61.53, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0374 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.144 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7658, 63.8582, 19.0592)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED55A #5A63DE

analogous

#DE935A #DED55A #A5DE5A

triadic

#DED55A #5ADED5 #D55ADE

tetradic

#DED55A #5ADE93 #5A63DE #DE5AA5

square

#DED55A #5ADE93 #5A63DE #DE5AA5

split-complementary

#DED55A #5AA5DE #935ADE

monochromatic

#9E9520 #D1C62A #DED55A #E8E28D #F2EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DED55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED55A

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED55A	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	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)

#E6CE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.144 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18d',
    500: '#ded55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded55a;
$custom-light: #ebe18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.857,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED55A

secondary

#3B42A1

accent

#23CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED55A

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

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