#DED55E#DED55E

#DED55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED55E
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -11.71, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 59.80, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.0362 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(55.9407, 63.9281, 19.9801)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED55E #5E67DE

analogous

#DE955E #DED55E #A7DE5E

triadic

#DED55E #5EDED5 #D55EDE

tetradic

#DED55E #5EDE95 #5E67DE #DE5EA7

square

#DED55E #5EDE95 #5E67DE #DE5EA7

split-complementary

#DED55E #5EA7DE #955EDE

monochromatic

#A19821 #D3C82B #DED55E #E8E291 #F3EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#DED55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED55E

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED55E	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe190',
    500: '#ded55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded55e;
$custom-light: #ebe190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85741,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.63926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED55E

secondary

#3C44A4

accent

#24CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED55E

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

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