#DED956#DED956

#DED956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.151 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DED956
RGB	rgb(222, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -14.25, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 64.74, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0443 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.151 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.6186, 65.8290, 18.5261)
Luminance	0.6583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DED956 #565BDE

analogous

#DE9556 #DED956 #9FDE56

triadic

#DED956 #56DED9 #D956DE

tetradic

#DED956 #56DE95 #565BDE #DE569F

square

#DED956 #56DE95 #565BDE #DE569F

split-complementary

#DED956 #569FDE #9556DE

monochromatic

#9B971E #CEC828 #DED956 #E8E589 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DED956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#DED956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DED956

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DED956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DED956	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ded956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.151 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe48b',
    500: '#ded956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ded956;
$custom-light: #ebe48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ded956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86499,
    "c": 0.15064,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DED956

secondary

#393D9F

accent

#1DCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DED956

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

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