#DED55B#DED55B

#DED55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.143 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED55B
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -11.92, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 61.10, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0371 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.143 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.8087, 63.8753, 19.2849)
Luminance	0.6387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED55B #5B64DE

analogous

#DE945B #DED55B #A6DE5B

triadic

#DED55B #5BDED5 #D55BDE

tetradic

#DED55B #5BDE94 #5B64DE #DE5BA6

square

#DED55B #5BDE94 #5B64DE #DE5BA6

split-complementary

#DED55B #5BA6DE #945BDE

monochromatic

#9F9620 #D2C62A #DED55B #E8E28E #F3EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#DED55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED55B

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED55B	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)

#E6CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.143 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18e',
    500: '#ded55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded55b;
$custom-light: #ebe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8571,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED55B

secondary

#3B42A2

accent

#24CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED55B

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

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