#DEDF56#DEDF56

#DEDF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.157 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDF56
RGB	rgb(222, 223, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.49, -17.21, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.49, 67.10, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0526 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.157 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1934, 68.9784, 19.0510)
Luminance	0.6898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDF56 #5756DF

analogous

#DF9B56 #DEDF56 #99DF56

triadic

#DEDF56 #56DEDF #DF56DE

tetradic

#DEDF56 #56DF9B #5756DF #DF5699

square

#DEDF56 #56DF9B #5756DF #DF5699

split-complementary

#DEDF56 #5699DF #9B56DF

monochromatic

#9C9D1E #CFD027 #DEDF56 #E8E989 #F2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DEDF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#DEDF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDF56

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDF56	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 223, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.157 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe88c',
    500: '#dedf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedf56;
$custom-light: #ebe88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87763,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDF56

secondary

#3A39A0

accent

#15D017

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDF56

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

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