#DEDB59#DEDB59

#DEDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.150 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB59
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -15.04, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 64.28, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0462 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.15 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2607, 66.9156, 19.3490)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB59 #595CDE

analogous

#DE9859 #DEDB59 #9EDE59

triadic

#DEDB59 #59DEDB #DB59DE

tetradic

#DEDB59 #59DE98 #595CDE #DE599E

square

#DEDB59 #59DE98 #595CDE #DE599E

split-complementary

#DEDB59 #599EDE #9859DE

monochromatic

#9D9A1F #D0CD29 #DEDB59 #E8E68C #F2F1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#DEDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB59

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB59	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)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.150 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58d',
    500: '#dedb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb59;
$custom-light: #ebe58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86947,
    "c": 0.15027,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB59

secondary

#3A3DA1

accent

#1BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB59

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

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