#DEDA6D#DEDA6D

#DEDA6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.132 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDA6D
RGB	rgb(222, 218, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 50.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -13.04, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 55.06, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0384 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.132 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9574, 66.7781, 24.3015)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDA6D #6D71DE

analogous

#DEA16D #DEDA6D #AADE6D

triadic

#DEDA6D #6DDEDA #DA6DDE

tetradic

#DEDA6D #6DDEA1 #6D71DE #DE6DAA

square

#DEDA6D #6DDEA1 #6D71DE #DE6DAA

split-complementary

#DEDA6D #6DAADE #A16DDE

monochromatic

#AAA526 #D3CD3B #DEDA6D #E9E79F #F5F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DEDA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDA6D

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDA6D	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deda6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 218, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.132 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae59a',
    500: '#deda6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deda6d;
$custom-light: #eae59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deda6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 63.128,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86954,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDA6D

secondary

#4346AC

accent

#21CB1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDA6D

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

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