#DED56E#DED56E

#DED56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.126 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED56E
RGB	rgb(222, 213, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 50.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -10.45, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 52.54, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0308 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.126 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7345, 64.2456, 24.1609)
Luminance	0.6424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED56E #6E77DE

analogous

#DE9D6E #DED56E #AFDE6E

triadic

#DED56E #6EDED5 #D56EDE

tetradic

#DED56E #6EDE9D #6E77DE #DE6EAF

square

#DED56E #6EDE9D #6E77DE #DE6EAF

split-complementary

#DED56E #6EAFDE #9D6EDE

monochromatic

#ABA027 #D3C73C #DED56E #E9E3A0 #F5F2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#DED56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED56E

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED56E	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 213, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.126 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae19a',
    500: '#ded56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded56e;
$custom-light: #eae19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 62.921,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85926,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED56E

secondary

#434CAD

accent

#29CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED56E

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

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