#DEDC47#DEDC47

#DEDC47 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.164 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEDC47
RGB	rgb(222, 220, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -16.60, 69.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 71.72, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.01% -0.0524 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(87.01% 0.164 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8567, 67.1727, 15.9306)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEDC47 #4749DE

analogous

#DE9047 #DEDC47 #95DE47

triadic

#DEDC47 #47DEDC #DC47DE

tetradic

#DEDC47 #47DE90 #4749DE #DE4795

square

#DEDC47 #47DE90 #4749DE #DE4795

split-complementary

#DEDC47 #4795DE #9047DE

monochromatic

#918F1A #C5C223 #DEDC47 #E7E67B #F1F0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#DEDC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#DEDC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEDC47

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEDC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEDC47	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	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)

#EED330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dedc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 220, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.164 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ece683',
    500: '#dedc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dedc47;
$custom-light: #ece683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dedc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.205,
    "s": 69.585,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87008,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEDC47

secondary

#343596

accent

#3EEC3B

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEDC47

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

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