#DEDB85#DEDB85

#DEDB85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.108 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDB85
RGB	rgb(222, 219, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 40.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.95, -11.26, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.95, 44.07, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0311 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.108 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.6903, 67.8874, 32.1450)
Luminance	0.6789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDB85 #8588DE

analogous

#DEAF85 #DEDB85 #B4DE85

triadic

#DEDB85 #85DEDB #DB85DE

tetradic

#DEDB85 #85DEAF #8588DE #DE85B4

square

#DEDB85 #85DEAF #8588DE #DE85B4

split-complementary

#DEDB85 #85B4DE #AF85DE

monochromatic

#B7B332 #D1CD55 #DEDB85 #EBE9B5 #F8F7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#DEDB85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.58

#DEDB85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDB85

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDB85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDB85	1.00	1.44	14.58	14.58
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D57E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedb85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 219, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.108 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e6aa',
    500: '#dedb85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedb85;
$custom-light: #e9e6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedb85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.978,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87494,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDB85

secondary

#5255B5

accent

#26C521

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDB85

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

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