#DEDC56#DEDC56

#DEDC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.154 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC56
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -15.74, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 65.91, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0485 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.154 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.3989, 67.3896, 18.7862)
Luminance	0.6739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC56 #5658DE

analogous

#DE9856 #DEDC56 #9CDE56

triadic

#DEDC56 #56DEDC #DC56DE

tetradic

#DEDC56 #56DE98 #5658DE #DE569C

square

#DEDC56 #56DE98 #5658DE #DE569C

split-complementary

#DEDC56 #569CDE #9856DE

monochromatic

#9B991E #CECC28 #DEDC56 #E8E789 #F2F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DEDC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC56

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC56	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.154 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe68b',
    500: '#dedc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc56;
$custom-light: #ebe68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8713,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC56

secondary

#393B9F

accent

#19CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC56

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

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