#DEDB4C#DEDB4C

#DEDB4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB4C
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -15.84, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 69.48, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0498 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7622, 66.7162, 16.7236)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB4C #4C4FDE

analogous

#DE924C #DEDB4C #98DE4C

triadic

#DEDB4C #4CDEDB #DB4CDE

tetradic

#DEDB4C #4CDE92 #4C4FDE #DE4C98

square

#DEDB4C #4CDE92 #4C4FDE #DE4C98

split-complementary

#DEDB4C #4C98DE #924CDE

monochromatic

#94921B #C8C525 #DEDB4C #E8E580 #F1F0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#DEDB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB4C

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB4C	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)

#ECD238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.160 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece585',
    500: '#dedb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb4c;
$custom-light: #ece585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.767,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86835,
    "c": 0.15995,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB4C

secondary

#353799

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF3

border

#D6D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB4C

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

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