#DED856#DED856

#DED856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.150 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED856
RGB	rgb(222, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -13.75, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 64.36, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0428 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.15 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.3617, 65.3150, 18.4404)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED856 #565CDE

analogous

#DE9456 #DED856 #A0DE56

triadic

#DED856 #56DED8 #D856DE

tetradic

#DED856 #56DE94 #565CDE #DE56A0

square

#DED856 #56DE94 #565CDE #DE56A0

split-complementary

#DED856 #56A0DE #9456DE

monochromatic

#9B961E #CEC728 #DED856 #E8E489 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#DED856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#DED856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED856

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED856	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)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.150 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe38b',
    500: '#ded856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded856;
$custom-light: #ebe38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86289,
    "c": 0.14966,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED856

secondary

#393E9F

accent

#1ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED856

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

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