#DEDB4E#DEDB4E

#DEDB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.159 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB4E
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -15.73, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 68.71, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0493 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.159 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8328, 66.7444, 17.0955)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB4E #4E51DE

analogous

#DE934E #DEDB4E #99DE4E

triadic

#DEDB4E #4EDEDB #DB4EDE

tetradic

#DEDB4E #4EDE93 #4E51DE #DE4E99

square

#DEDB4E #4EDE93 #4E51DE #DE4E99

split-complementary

#DEDB4E #4E99DE #934EDE

monochromatic

#96931C #C9C626 #DEDB4E #E8E582 #F1F0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DEDB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB4E

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB4E	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)

#ECD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.159 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece587',
    500: '#dedb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb4e;
$custom-light: #ece587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.75,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86851,
    "c": 0.15855,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB4E

secondary

#36389A

accent

#40EB3C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB4E

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

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