#DED855#DED855

#DED855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.150 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED855
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -13.82, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 64.77, 102.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0431 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.15 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3217, 65.2990, 18.2297)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED855 #555BDE

analogous

#DE9355 #DED855 #A0DE55

triadic

#DED855 #55DED8 #D855DE

tetradic

#DED855 #55DE93 #555BDE #DE55A0

square

#DED855 #55DE93 #555BDE #DE55A0

split-complementary

#DED855 #55A0DE #9355DE

monochromatic

#9B951E #CEC728 #DED855 #E8E488 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DED855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED855

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED855	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.150 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38a',
    500: '#ded855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded855;
$custom-light: #ebe38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8628,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED855

secondary

#393D9E

accent

#1ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED855

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

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