#DEDB72#DEDB72

#DEDB72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.128 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB72
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -13.11, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 53.17, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.0381 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.128 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.4944, 67.4091, 25.8462)
Luminance	0.6741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB72 #7275DE

analogous

#DEA572 #DEDB72 #ABDE72

triadic

#DEDB72 #72DEDB #DB72DE

tetradic

#DEDB72 #72DEA5 #7275DE #DE72AB

square

#DEDB72 #72DEA5 #7275DE #DE72AB

split-complementary

#DEDB72 #72ABDE #A572DE

monochromatic

#ADA929 #D2CE40 #DEDB72 #EAE8A4 #F5F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDB72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#DEDB72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB72

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB72	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBCFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.128 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eae69d',
    500: '#dedb72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb72;
$custom-light: #eae69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87226,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB72

secondary

#4548AF

accent

#21CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB72

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

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