#DEDB65#DEDB65

#DEDB65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB65
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 54.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -14.18, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 59.10, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0425 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8063, 67.1338, 22.2225)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB65 #6568DE

analogous

#DE9E65 #DEDB65 #A4DE65

triadic

#DEDB65 #65DEDB #DB65DE

tetradic

#DEDB65 #65DE9E #6568DE #DE65A4

square

#DEDB65 #65DE9E #6568DE #DE65A4

split-complementary

#DEDB65 #65A4DE #9E65DE

monochromatic

#A5A223 #D3CF33 #DEDB65 #E9E797 #F4F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DEDB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB65

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB65	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe694',
    500: '#dedb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb65;
$custom-light: #ebe694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87071,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB65

secondary

#3F42A8

accent

#1DCD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB65

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

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