#DED656#DED656

#DED656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.148 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED656
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -12.75, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 63.60, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.04 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8524, 64.2965, 18.2707)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED656 #565EDE

analogous

#DE9256 #DED656 #A2DE56

triadic

#DED656 #56DED6 #D656DE

tetradic

#DED656 #56DE92 #565EDE #DE56A2

square

#DED656 #56DE92 #565EDE #DE56A2

split-complementary

#DED656 #56A2DE #9256DE

monochromatic

#9B941E #CEC528 #DED656 #E8E289 #F2EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#DED656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#DED656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED656

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED656	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.148 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe28b',
    500: '#ded656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded656;
$custom-light: #ebe28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85871,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED656

secondary

#393F9F

accent

#21CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED656

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

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