#DEDB48#DEDB48

#DEDB48 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.163 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB48
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 67.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -16.05, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 70.98, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0508 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.163 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6274, 66.6623, 16.0138)
Luminance	0.6666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB48 #484BDE

analogous

#DE9048 #DEDB48 #96DE48

triadic

#DEDB48 #48DEDB #DB48DE

tetradic

#DEDB48 #48DE90 #484BDE #DE4896

square

#DEDB48 #48DE90 #484BDE #DE4896

split-complementary

#DEDB48 #4896DE #9048DE

monochromatic

#918F1A #C5C224 #DEDB48 #E7E57C #F1EFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#DEDB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DEDB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB48

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB48	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.163 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece583',
    500: '#dedb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb48;
$custom-light: #ece583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86804,
    "c": 0.16264,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB48

secondary

#343696

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB48

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

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