#DED659#DED659

#DED659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED659
RGB	rgb(222, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -12.56, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 62.34, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0391 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9758, 64.3459, 18.9207)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED659 #5961DE

analogous

#DE9359 #DED659 #A3DE59

triadic

#DED659 #59DED6 #D659DE

tetradic

#DED659 #59DE93 #5961DE #DE59A3

square

#DED659 #59DE93 #5961DE #DE59A3

split-complementary

#DED659 #59A3DE #9359DE

monochromatic

#9D961F #D0C629 #DED659 #E8E38C #F2EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#DED659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#DED659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED659

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED659	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDC9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe28d',
    500: '#ded659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded659;
$custom-light: #ebe28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85899,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED659

secondary

#3A40A1

accent

#22CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED659

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

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