#DEDC3C#DEDC3C

#DEDC3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.171 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC3C
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 71%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 73%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -17.12, 73.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 75.50, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0549 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.171 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.5351, 67.0440, 14.2368)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC3C #3C3EDE

analogous

#DE8B3C #DEDC3C #8FDE3C

triadic

#DEDC3C #3CDEDC #DC3CDE

tetradic

#DEDC3C #3CDE8B #3C3EDE #DE3C8F

square

#DEDC3C #3CDE8B #3C3EDE #DE3C8F

split-complementary

#DEDC3C #3C8FDE #8B3CDE

monochromatic

#888717 #BDBB20 #DEDC3C #E7E570 #F0EFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#DEDC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC3C

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC3C	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)

#EED31A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.171 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece67d',
    500: '#dedc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc3c;
$custom-light: #ece67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86935,
    "c": 0.1708,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC3C

secondary

#30318E

accent

#3CEE3A

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC3C

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

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