#DED561#DED561

#DED561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.138 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED561
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 56.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -11.49, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 58.47, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0352 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.138 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.0779, 63.9830, 20.7029)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED561 #616ADE

analogous

#DE9661 #DED561 #A8DE61

triadic

#DED561 #61DED5 #D561DE

tetradic

#DED561 #61DE96 #616ADE #DE61A8

square

#DED561 #61DE96 #616ADE #DE61A8

split-complementary

#DED561 #61A8DE #9661DE

monochromatic

#A39922 #D3C82E #DED561 #E9E294 #F3F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#DED561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED561

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED561	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.138 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe192',
    500: '#ded561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded561;
$custom-light: #ebe192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85773,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED561

secondary

#3E45A6

accent

#25CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED561

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

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