#DEDB52#DEDB52

#DEDB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.156 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB52
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 63.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -15.49, 65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 67.14, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0482 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(56.9806, 66.8036, 17.8738)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB52 #5255DE

analogous

#DE9552 #DEDB52 #9BDE52

triadic

#DEDB52 #52DEDB #DB52DE

tetradic

#DEDB52 #52DE95 #5255DE #DE529B

square

#DEDB52 #52DE95 #5255DE #DE529B

split-complementary

#DEDB52 #529BDE #9552DE

monochromatic

#99961D #CCC827 #DEDB52 #E8E685 #F2F0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#DEDB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB52

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB52	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe589',
    500: '#dedb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb52;
$custom-light: #ebe589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86884,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB52

secondary

#383A9D

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB52

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

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