#DEDB4F#DEDB4F

#DEDB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.158 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB4F
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 64.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -15.67, 66.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 68.32, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.049 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.158 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8689, 66.7589, 17.2857)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB4F #4F52DE

analogous

#DE944F #DEDB4F #9ADE4F

triadic

#DEDB4F #4FDEDB #DB4FDE

tetradic

#DEDB4F #4FDE94 #4F52DE #DE4F9A

square

#DEDB4F #4FDE94 #4F52DE #DE4F9A

split-complementary

#DEDB4F #4F9ADE #944FDE

monochromatic

#96941C #CAC626 #DEDB4F #E8E683 #F1F0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#DEDB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB4F

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB4F	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)

#ECD33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.158 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece587',
    500: '#dedb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb4f;
$custom-light: #ece587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86859,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB4F

secondary

#37399B

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB4F

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

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