#DED565#DED565

#DED565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.134 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED565
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -11.18, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 56.68, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0339 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.134 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.2691, 64.0595, 21.7101)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED565 #656EDE

analogous

#DE9865 #DED565 #AADE65

triadic

#DED565 #65DED5 #D565DE

tetradic

#DED565 #65DE98 #656EDE #DE65AA

square

#DED565 #65DE98 #656EDE #DE65AA

split-complementary

#DED565 #65AADE #9865DE

monochromatic

#A59C23 #D3C733 #DED565 #E9E397 #F4F0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#DED565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED565

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED565	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.134 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe194',
    500: '#ded565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded565;
$custom-light: #ebe194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85817,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED565

secondary

#3F47A8

accent

#26CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED565

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

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