#DEDB4A#DEDB4A

#DEDB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.161 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB4A
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -15.95, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 70.24, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0503 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.161 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6937, 66.6888, 16.3630)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB4A #4A4DDE

analogous

#DE914A #DEDB4A #97DE4A

triadic

#DEDB4A #4ADEDB #DB4ADE

tetradic

#DEDB4A #4ADE91 #4A4DDE #DE4A97

square

#DEDB4A #4ADE91 #4A4DDE #DE4A97

split-complementary

#DEDB4A #4A97DE #914ADE

monochromatic

#93901B #C7C324 #DEDB4A #E7E57E #F1F0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DEDB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB4A

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB4A	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.161 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece584',
    500: '#dedb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb4a;
$custom-light: #ece584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86819,
    "c": 0.16132,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB4A

secondary

#353798

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB4A

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

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