#DEDB5C#DEDB5C

#DEDB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.148 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB5C
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -14.84, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 63.01, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0453 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.148 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.3892, 66.9670, 20.0260)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB5C #5C5FDE

analogous

#DE9A5C #DEDB5C #A0DE5C

triadic

#DEDB5C #5CDEDB #DB5CDE

tetradic

#DEDB5C #5CDE9A #5C5FDE #DE5CA0

square

#DEDB5C #5CDE9A #5C5FDE #DE5CA0

split-complementary

#DEDB5C #5CA0DE #9A5CDE

monochromatic

#9F9C20 #D2CE2B #DEDB5C #E8E68F #F3F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#DEDB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB5C

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB5C	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)

#ECD34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.148 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58f',
    500: '#dedb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb5c;
$custom-light: #ebe58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 66.327,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86976,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB5C

secondary

#3C3EA3

accent

#1CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB5C

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

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