#DEDB3B#DEDB3B

#DEDB3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.170 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB3B
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -16.67, 73.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 75.47, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0537 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.17 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2473, 66.5102, 14.0117)
Luminance	0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB3B #3B3EDE

analogous

#DE8A3B #DEDB3B #8FDE3B

triadic

#DEDB3B #3BDEDB #DB3BDE

tetradic

#DEDB3B #3BDE8A #3B3EDE #DE3B8F

square

#DEDB3B #3BDE8A #3B3EDE #DE3B8F

split-complementary

#DEDB3B #3B8FDE #8A3BDE

monochromatic

#888617 #BCB920 #DEDB3B #E7E56F #F0EEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDB3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#DEDB3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB3B

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB3B	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)

#EDD218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.170 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece57d',
    500: '#dedb3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb3b;
$custom-light: #ece57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.896,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86718,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB3B

secondary

#2F318E

accent

#3DEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB3B

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

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