#DED55C#DED55C

#DED55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.142 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED55C
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -11.85, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 60.67, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.72% -0.0368 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.72% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(55.8521, 63.8927, 19.5136)
Luminance	0.6389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED55C #5C65DE

analogous

#DE945C #DED55C #A6DE5C

triadic

#DED55C #5CDED5 #D55CDE

tetradic

#DED55C #5CDE94 #5C65DE #DE5CA6

square

#DED55C #5CDE94 #5C65DE #DE5CA6

split-complementary

#DED55C #5CA6DE #945CDE

monochromatic

#9F9720 #D2C72B #DED55C #E8E28F #F3EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#DED55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED55C

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED55C	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe18e',
    500: '#ded55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded55c;
$custom-light: #ebe18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8572,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED55C

secondary

#3C43A3

accent

#24CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED55C

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

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