#DEDB4D#DEDB4D

#DEDB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB4D
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 65.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -15.78, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 69.10, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(86.84% -0.0495 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(86.84% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7972, 66.7302, 16.9081)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB4D #4D50DE

analogous

#DE924D #DEDB4D #98DE4D

triadic

#DEDB4D #4DDEDB #DB4DDE

tetradic

#DEDB4D #4DDE92 #4D50DE #DE4D98

square

#DEDB4D #4DDE92 #4D50DE #DE4D98

split-complementary

#DEDB4D #4D98DE #924DDE

monochromatic

#95921C #C9C525 #DEDB4D #E8E581 #F1F0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DEDB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB4D

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB4D	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece586',
    500: '#dedb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb4d;
$custom-light: #ece586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86842,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB4D

secondary

#363899

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB4D

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

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