#DEDC42#DEDC42

#DEDC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.167 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC42
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -16.85, 71.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 73.49, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0536 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.167 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7028, 67.1111, 15.1200)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC42 #4244DE

analogous

#DE8E42 #DEDC42 #92DE42

triadic

#DEDC42 #42DEDC #DC42DE

tetradic

#DEDC42 #42DE8E #4244DE #DE4292

square

#DEDC42 #42DE8E #4244DE #DE4292

split-complementary

#DEDC42 #4292DE #8E42DE

monochromatic

#8D8B19 #C1BF22 #DEDC42 #E7E676 #F0EFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DEDC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC42

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC42	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.167 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece680',
    500: '#dedc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc42;
$custom-light: #ece680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86973,
    "c": 0.16737,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC42

secondary

#323392

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC42

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

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