#DEDB5D#DEDB5D

#DEDB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.147 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB5D
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -14.77, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 62.59, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.045 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.147 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4332, 66.9846, 20.2577)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB5D #5D60DE

analogous

#DE9B5D #DEDB5D #A0DE5D

triadic

#DEDB5D #5DDEDB #DB5DDE

tetradic

#DEDB5D #5DDE9B #5D60DE #DE5DA0

square

#DEDB5D #5DDE9B #5D60DE #DE5DA0

split-complementary

#DEDB5D #5DA0DE #9B5DDE

monochromatic

#A09D21 #D3CF2B #DEDB5D #E8E690 #F3F2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DEDB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB5D

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB5D	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.147 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe58f',
    500: '#dedb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb5d;
$custom-light: #ebe58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86986,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB5D

secondary

#3C3EA3

accent

#1CCE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB5D

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

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