#DEDA55#DEDA55

#DEDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.152 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA55
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -14.81, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 65.54, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.046 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.152 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8372, 66.3300, 18.4016)
Luminance	0.6633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA55 #5559DE

analogous

#DE9555 #DEDA55 #9EDE55

triadic

#DEDA55 #55DEDA #DA55DE

tetradic

#DEDA55 #55DE95 #5559DE #DE559E

square

#DEDA55 #55DE95 #5559DE #DE559E

split-complementary

#DEDA55 #559EDE #9555DE

monochromatic

#9B971E #CEC928 #DEDA55 #E8E588 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DEDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA55

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA55	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.152 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#deda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda55;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.867,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA55

secondary

#393C9E

accent

#1CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA55

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

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