#DEDA5E#DEDA5E

#DEDA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.145 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA5E
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -14.20, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 61.76, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0433 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.145 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2177, 66.4822, 20.4058)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA5E #5E62DE

analogous

#DE9A5E #DEDA5E #A2DE5E

triadic

#DEDA5E #5EDEDA #DA5EDE

tetradic

#DEDA5E #5EDE9A #5E62DE #DE5EA2

square

#DEDA5E #5EDE9A #5E62DE #DE5EA2

split-complementary

#DEDA5E #5EA2DE #9A5EDE

monochromatic

#A19D21 #D3CE2B #DEDA5E #E8E691 #F3F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DEDA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA5E

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA5E	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.145 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe590',
    500: '#deda5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda5e;
$custom-light: #ebe590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86787,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA5E

secondary

#3C40A4

accent

#1DCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA5E

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

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