#DEDC3B#DEDC3B

#DEDC3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.171 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC3B
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 73.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -17.16, 73.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 75.82, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0551 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.171 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5090, 67.0336, 14.0989)
Luminance	0.6703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC3B #3B3DDE

analogous

#DE8B3B #DEDC3B #8EDE3B

triadic

#DEDC3B #3BDEDC #DC3BDE

tetradic

#DEDC3B #3BDE8B #3B3DDE #DE3B8E

square

#DEDC3B #3BDE8B #3B3DDE #DE3B8E

split-complementary

#DEDC3B #3B8EDE #8B3BDE

monochromatic

#888617 #BCBA20 #DEDC3B #E7E56F #F0EFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DEDC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC3B

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC3B	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.171 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece67d',
    500: '#dedc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc3b;
$custom-light: #ece67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.264,
    "s": 71.179,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86929,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC3B

secondary

#2F318E

accent

#3CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC3B

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

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