#DEDA3B#DEDA3B

#DEDA3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.169 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA3B
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -16.17, 73.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 75.12, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0524 0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.169 108)
XYZ	xyz(55.9872, 65.9900, 13.9250)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA3B #3B3FDE

analogous

#DE893B #DEDA3B #90DE3B

triadic

#DEDA3B #3BDEDA #DA3BDE

tetradic

#DEDA3B #3BDE89 #3B3FDE #DE3B90

square

#DEDA3B #3BDE89 #3B3FDE #DE3B90

split-complementary

#DEDA3B #3B90DE #893BDE

monochromatic

#888517 #BCB820 #DEDA3B #E7E46F #F0EEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#DEDA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#DEDA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA3B

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA3B	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.169 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece57d',
    500: '#deda3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda3b;
$custom-light: #ece57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.528,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86507,
    "c": 0.16948,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.65988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA3B

secondary

#2F328E

accent

#3EEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA3B

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

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