#DEDA56#DEDA56

#DEDA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.152 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA56
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -14.74, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 65.13, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0457 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.152 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8772, 66.3460, 18.6123)
Luminance	0.6634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA56 #565ADE

analogous

#DE9656 #DEDA56 #9EDE56

triadic

#DEDA56 #56DEDA #DA56DE

tetradic

#DEDA56 #56DE96 #565ADE #DE569E

square

#DEDA56 #56DE96 #565ADE #DE569E

split-complementary

#DEDA56 #569EDE #9656DE

monochromatic

#9B981E #CECA28 #DEDA56 #E8E589 #F2F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#DEDA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA56

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA56	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)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.152 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#deda56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda56;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86709,
    "c": 0.15163,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA56

secondary

#393C9F

accent

#1CCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA56

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

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