#DEDB49#DEDB49

#DEDB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.162 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB49
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 67.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -16.00, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 70.61, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0506 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.162 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6603, 66.6754, 16.1870)
Luminance	0.6667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB49 #494CDE

analogous

#DE9049 #DEDB49 #96DE49

triadic

#DEDB49 #49DEDB #DB49DE

tetradic

#DEDB49 #49DE90 #494CDE #DE4996

square

#DEDB49 #49DE90 #494CDE #DE4996

split-complementary

#DEDB49 #4996DE #9049DE

monochromatic

#92901A #C6C324 #DEDB49 #E7E57D #F1EFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#DEDB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB49

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB49	1.00	1.46	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.46	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)

#EDD233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.162 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece584',
    500: '#dedb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb49;
$custom-light: #ece584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86811,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB49

secondary

#343697

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB49

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

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