#DEDB56#DEDB56

#DEDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.153 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB56
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -15.24, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 65.52, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.92% -0.0471 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(86.92% 0.153 108)
XYZ	xyz(57.1373, 66.8662, 18.6990)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB56 #5659DE

analogous

#DE9756 #DEDB56 #9DDE56

triadic

#DEDB56 #56DEDB #DB56DE

tetradic

#DEDB56 #56DE97 #5659DE #DE569D

square

#DEDB56 #56DE97 #5659DE #DE569D

split-complementary

#DEDB56 #569DDE #9756DE

monochromatic

#9B991E #CECB28 #DEDB56 #E8E689 #F2F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#DEDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB56

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB56	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.153 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58b',
    500: '#dedb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb56;
$custom-light: #ebe58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86919,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB56

secondary

#393B9F

accent

#1ACF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB56

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

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