#DEDB4B#DEDB4B

#DEDB4B 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	#DEDB4B
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 66.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -15.89, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 69.86, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.05 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.161 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7277, 66.7024, 16.5419)
Luminance	0.6670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB4B #4B4EDE

analogous

#DE924B #DEDB4B #97DE4B

triadic

#DEDB4B #4BDEDB #DB4BDE

tetradic

#DEDB4B #4BDE92 #4B4EDE #DE4B97

square

#DEDB4B #4BDE92 #4B4EDE #DE4B97

split-complementary

#DEDB4B #4B97DE #924BDE

monochromatic

#94911B #C7C425 #DEDB4B #E7E57F #F1F0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DEDB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB4B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB4B	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)

#ECD236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.161 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece585',
    500: '#dedb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb4b;
$custom-light: #ece585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86827,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB4B

secondary

#353798

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB4B

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

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