#DEDC43#DEDC43

#DEDC43 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	#DEDC43
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 69.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -16.80, 71.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 73.14, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0534 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.167 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7326, 67.1230, 15.2767)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC43 #4345DE

analogous

#DE8F43 #DEDC43 #93DE43

triadic

#DEDC43 #43DEDC #DC43DE

tetradic

#DEDC43 #43DE8F #4345DE #DE4393

square

#DEDC43 #43DE8F #4345DE #DE4393

split-complementary

#DEDC43 #4393DE #8F43DE

monochromatic

#8E8C19 #C2C022 #DEDC43 #E7E677 #F0EFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#DEDC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC43

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC43	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)

#EED329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.167 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece681',
    500: '#dedc43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc43;
$custom-light: #ece681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.226,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8698,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC43

secondary

#323393

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC43

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

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