#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
RGBrgb(222, 219, 59)
HSLhsl(59, 71%, 55%)
HSVhsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.4%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(85.26, -16.67, 73.61)
CIE-LCHlch(85.26, 75.47, 102.76°)
OKLaboklab(86.72% -0.0537 0.1617)
OKLCHoklch(86.72% 0.17 108.4)
XYZxyz(56.2473, 66.5102, 14.0117)
Luminance0.6651 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##DEDB3B1.001.4714.3014.30
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.3021.001.001.00
##00000014.3021.001.001.00

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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#DEDB3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva