#DEDC45#DEDC45

#DEDC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.166 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC45
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -16.70, 70.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 72.44, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0529 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.166 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7936, 67.1474, 15.5981)
Luminance	0.6715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC45 #4547DE

analogous

#DE9045 #DEDC45 #93DE45

triadic

#DEDC45 #45DEDC #DC45DE

tetradic

#DEDC45 #45DE90 #4547DE #DE4593

square

#DEDC45 #45DE90 #4547DE #DE4593

split-complementary

#DEDC45 #4593DE #9045DE

monochromatic

#8F8E19 #C3C123 #DEDC45 #E7E679 #F0F0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#DEDC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DEDC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC45

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC45	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EECEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.166 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece682',
    500: '#dedc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc45;
$custom-light: #ece682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86994,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC45

secondary

#333494

accent

#3DED3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC45

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

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