#DEDB5A#DEDB5A

#DEDB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.149 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB5A
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -14.98, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 63.86, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0459 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.149 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.3030, 66.9325, 19.5716)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB5A #5A5DDE

analogous

#DE995A #DEDB5A #9FDE5A

triadic

#DEDB5A #5ADEDB #DB5ADE

tetradic

#DEDB5A #5ADE99 #5A5DDE #DE5A9F

square

#DEDB5A #5ADE99 #5A5DDE #DE5A9F

split-complementary

#DEDB5A #5A9FDE #995ADE

monochromatic

#9E9B20 #D1CD2A #DEDB5A #E8E68D #F2F1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DEDB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB5A

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB5A	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.149 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58e',
    500: '#dedb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb5a;
$custom-light: #ebe58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86957,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB5A

secondary

#3B3DA1

accent

#1BCF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB5A

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

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