#DEDB5E#DEDB5E

#DEDB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.146 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB5E
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -14.70, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 62.16, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.0447 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.146 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.4778, 67.0024, 20.4925)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB5E #5E61DE

analogous

#DE9B5E #DEDB5E #A1DE5E

triadic

#DEDB5E #5EDEDB #DB5EDE

tetradic

#DEDB5E #5EDE9B #5E61DE #DE5EA1

square

#DEDB5E #5EDE9B #5E61DE #DE5EA1

split-complementary

#DEDB5E #5EA1DE #9B5EDE

monochromatic

#A19E21 #D3D02B #DEDB5E #E8E691 #F3F2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#DEDB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB5E

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB5E	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)

#EBD350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.146 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe590',
    500: '#dedb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb5e;
$custom-light: #ebe590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86996,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB5E

secondary

#3C3FA4

accent

#1CCE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB5E

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

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