#DEDB57#DEDB57

#DEDB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.152 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB57
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.44, -15.18, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.44, 65.11, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0468 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.152 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1778, 66.8825, 18.9126)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB57 #575ADE

analogous

#DE9857 #DEDB57 #9DDE57

triadic

#DEDB57 #57DEDB #DB57DE

tetradic

#DEDB57 #57DE98 #575ADE #DE579D

square

#DEDB57 #57DE98 #575ADE #DE579D

split-complementary

#DEDB57 #579DDE #9857DE

monochromatic

#9C991F #CFCB29 #DEDB57 #E8E68A #F2F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DEDB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB57

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB57	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.152 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58c',
    500: '#dedb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb57;
$custom-light: #ebe58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86929,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB57

secondary

#3A3CA0

accent

#1BCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB57

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

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